Keywuan J. Caulk (he/him) is a nationally recognized leader in higher education and social justice whose career is rooted in equity, advocacy, and belonging. A native of Penns Grove, New Jersey, he is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University (B.A. in Psychology) and Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (M.Ed. in Counseling, with dual emphases in Student Affairs and Elementary Education). For well over a decade, he has built award-winning programs and partnerships that center marginalized voices, transformed institutional culture, and inspired communities toward love and justice. At Rutgers University–New Brunswick, Keywuan serves as Director of the Center for Social Justice Education & LGBT Communities, where he fosters affirming environments that center gender, sexuality, leadership, and social justice. He also lectures at Douglass Residential College through Women and Gender Studies and has guest lectured internationally at the University of Venda in South Africa.

Keywuan has been a member of ACPA his entire career. He has been an active member of the PAN African Network, participated in Black Student Affairs and LGBT pre-conference institutes, and has shared expertise as a Convention presenter. He completed the 2024 Donna M. Bourassa Mid-Level Management Institute and most recently joined the Social Justice Education Coalition. Keywuan serves as a commissioner on New Jersey’s first Advisory Commission on Advancing LGBTQIA+ Youth Equity and Inclusion in Schools. He founded the Keywuan J. Caulk Scholarship, which supports students of color by removing financial barriers to success.