Dr. Kisha Aites serves as the interim department chair/associate professor of engineering technology education in the College of Education at Savannah State University. She holds degrees in technology education from North Carolina A&T State University and a doctorate degree in workforce education from Penn State. Dr. Aites was part of the 2022–2023 USG Executive Leadership Institute and served as Vice Chair of Faculty Senate from 2019-2021. In 2015, she served as editor for the publication Introduction to Critical Issues in Education and was honored by the Georgia Association for Engineering & Technology Education in 2015 and 2016. She has traveled globally, including to Ghana (Fulbright-Hays Fellow) in 2016 and China (GA Education Delegation) in 2017, to explore and promote educational and cultural exchanges. Dr. Aites is dedicated to addressing equity issues in engineering technology, workforce development, and critical issues in education.