Staff

Monroe France

Office of LGBT Student Services
mf60@nyu.edu

As the Director of the Office of LGBT Student Services,  Monroe brings a wealth of professional experience, knowledge and leadership to this important role. He has 15 years of experience working on LGBT issues and best practices in higher education, student affairs and the nonprofit sector.

Prior to NYU, Monroe served as the Supervising Community Educator for Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest national LGBT legal organization, and as Senior Training Specialist at the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN). In both roles, France has created curricula and trained thousands of educators and K-12 upper-level administrators. Further, Monroe returns to NYU. He served as a student affairs administrator in the NYU Office of Student Activities where he advised students, student organizations and developed one of the most successful social justice programs in the nation.

Along with his energy and passion, Monroe has a national reputation as a public speaker and is invited often to serve as a keynote. With diversity education emerging as an important tool for student development, Monroe has conducted over 100 diversity and anti-bias programs and workshops. He has held the position of Board Secretary for Al-Fatiha LGBT Muslim Foundation and was the Coordinator of the People of Color Organizing Institute, a program of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force's Creating Change Conference.

Monroe received his BA in English from John Carroll University, completed a dual MA in Higher Education Administration and Cultural Studies in Education from The Ohio State University and received an associate's degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology in 2006.