T’Ajai received her J.D. from Pennsylvania State University, Penn State Law and her B.A., cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (“UNCC”). She is joining NYU from UNC where she was Higher Education Legal Fellow from 2019 to 2021. Previously, T’Ajai was Assistant Affirmative Action Officer & Title IX Investigator at Purchase College (SUNY) and Legal Intern at the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College. During her fellowship at UNCC, T’Ajai co-presented or guest lectured on topics including university diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, faculty publications and public scholarship, institutional research and Title VII. T’Ajai is a Minority Mentor at Penn State Law, a member of the Penn State Alumni Association and a member of NACUA.
