Tawara Goode

Tawara Goode is an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. She has been on the faculty of the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development for over 30 years and has served in many capacities. She has degrees in early childhood education and education and human development. A primary area of focus for Professor Goode is national level efforts to advance and sustain cultural and linguistic competence within an array of settings including but not limited to institutions of higher education, health, mental health, and other human service systems. She is currently the director of the Georgetown University National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC). She is recognized as a thought leader in the area of cultural and linguistic competence (CLC), particularly in the disability space, and building the NCCC into a nationally and internationally award-winning program. Professor Goode is also the director of the Georgetown University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (GUCEDD). In this capacity, she is responsible for short-term and ongoing programs for persons who experience developmental and at-risk for and with developmental and other disabilities and their families. Professor Goode has been an invited scholar, lecturer, and visiting faculty: a) nationally to schools of medicine, public health, education, research institutes, professional associations, and state and national government; and b) internationally in Australia, South America, and the United Kingdom.