Shekinah Hoffman, Ph.D. serves as the Director of Programs and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB) at MACGH. She leverages her diverse background in industry, nonprofit, and academia to support the Council’s research needs, advance their DEI initiatives, and serves as an academic liaison.

Shekinah’s research centers on gender, work, workplace discrimination and harassment, and women’s employment in the gaming industry. She has published in sociology, hospitality, and tourism journals on topics including the impact of sexual harassment on women’s health and well-being in gaming and the gender leadership gap in commercial and Tribal gaming.

Before joining MACGH, Shekinah worked at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas International Gaming Institute where she founded and led two hospitality leadership programs for low-income youth. She also served as Director of Global Gaming Women, a nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of women in gaming, at the American Gaming Association in Washington, D.C.

Shekinah holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Washington State University, a Master’s in Sociology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and a B.A. in Communications from Colorado State University.

Her favorite part of working at MACGH:
The people. Truly some of the kindest and most knowledgeable folks I’ve ever met in the industry.

Ask her about:
Cats, plants, & feminism!