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Hiram Ramirez, Ph.D. (he/him/el) joined 91¶ÌÊÓƵappÆƽâ°æ as the Assistant Vice President for Inclusion and Innovation in August of 2025. In his most recent role, Dr. Ramirez served as the Assistant Vice President for Inclusive Excellence and Strategic Initiatives at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. During his time at Miami University, he co-chaired the Reimagining the Academy Conference, coordinated the Campus Climate Survey and initiated a robust training program for faculty search committees and student diversity workshops, among other groups.

Prior to Miami University, he was the Director of Inclusive Student Services and the Multicultural Dream Center at California State University Channel Islands. There he led a Black/African American identity-based summer program for high school students, developed the SafeZone (LGBTQ+ awareness) and Undocumented Student Ally trainings and helped to grow the Promoting Achievement Through Hope (PATH), a program supporting foster youth, adopted, in guardianship or kinship care and/or students who have experienced being unhoused. His first full-time job in higher education was at a gender-diverse women’s college, where he served as a Graduate Intern in Title IX Compliance, the Director of Campus Life and Student Engagement and the Assistant Director of Campus Life and Intercultural Engagement at Agnes Scott College.

He has taught numerous courses connected to his research which is anchored in American higher education. His academic study focuses on Latino men's relationship with machismo and its influence on their collegiate journey, men of color in higher education, masculinity, academic success, queer theory, LatCrit theory and other related topics. He currently serves as the Treasurer for the National Women’s Studies Association and is excited to return to working at a gender-diverse women’s college.

Dr. Ramirez completed an Associate’s degree at Valencia Community College, a B.A. and M.Ed. at the University of South Florida and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) at Loyola University Chicago. When he is not championing DEI, he can be found wrangling one of his four fur babies with his husband or enjoying a good fantasy book.