Dr. Muhsinah Morris, Director of Morehouse in the Metaverse and Professor of Practice, has been named to the 2026 ASU+GSV HBCU Partnership Advisory Board. This appointment extends Morehouse College’s national footprint in innovation and immersive education and represents a strategic advancement for students, faculty, and alumni positioned at the forefront of AI, immersive learning, and the future of work.
Dr. Morris, an award-winning educator and leader in AI and extended reality, now serves alongside nationally recognized leaders committed to expanding opportunity for historically Black colleges and universities. The ASU+GSV Summit is a career-defining experience that brings together the PreK-to-Gray education ecosystem, including founders, investors, policymakers, university presidents, technologists, and innovators. Through the HBCU Partnership, university leaders participate in keynote sessions, small-group discussions, strategic networking focused on AI and the future of work, dedicated HBCU programming, and private receptions to advance institutional collaboration. The 2026 Summit will take place April 12 through 16 in San Diego, California.
Since the launch of the HBCU Partnership last year, Dr. Morris has brought five Morehouse students to the Summit through scholarship support. These scholarships, funded by GSV, remove barriers and allow diverse, innovative voices to shape the future of education and work. Morehouse students participating in the program receive direct mentorship from education and technology leaders, access to small-group innovation discussions, exposure to internships and employment pathways, year-round programming including virtual skill-building sessions, and optional job-shadow opportunities with leading EdTech companies. This structured engagement ensures that participation extends beyond the conference into sustained professional development and career acceleration.
The partnership strengthens Morehouse College’s position in several key ways. Students gain national visibility, access to workforce pathways, and professional networks aligned with high-growth sectors in AI, immersive technology, and digital infrastructure. Faculty impact continues to grow as the College’s leadership in immersive education and AI-enabled learning influences national conversations on equitable innovation. Serving on the Advisory Board elevates Morehouse’s institutional visibility, placing the College at the center of discussions shaping education policy, capital investment, and workforce readiness. Alumni engagement and career opportunities expand in emerging sectors where representation is essential.
Dr. Morris emphasizes that this work is about more than presence. It positions Morehouse students in rooms where innovation, capital, and policy are actively shaping the world. She said, “Our students deserve proximity to opportunity. Through ASU+GSV, we are ensuring they have it.” As the 2026 Summit approaches, Morehouse demonstrates that immersive education, AI literacy, and equitable access are not future aspirations, but present commitments.
Dr. Morris’s path to this appointment reflects sustained, strategic work. She built credibility before visibility, launching the Metaversity, piloting immersive labs, securing funding, measuring outcomes, training faculty, and creating opportunities for students to enter spaces they had never accessed. She positioned herself intentionally by attending the ASU+GSV Summit, speaking on panels, asking strategic questions, and building relationships across sectors. She brought students along to create a pipeline, advocated for scholarships, and ensured they were prepared and visible.
She translated innovation into institutional value, framing immersive learning as workforce development, retention strategy, and a tool for national competitiveness rather than spectacle. She operated with stewardship, fulfilling commitments to advisory boards and engaging year-round, and she maintained intellectual depth by staying ahead in AI, spatial computing, workforce trends, and equity strategy. Finally, she aligned purpose with preparation, centering access so that Black students are not last adopters of emerging technology but first architects.
The blueprint is simple but not easy: build substance before spotlight, show up prepared, bring others with you, translate innovation into institutional value, nurture relationships beyond the stage, stay intellectually sharp, and lead with purpose. This appointment is not a destination but an extension of sustained work. The most important part is making the blueprint replicable. More than 200 Metaversities worldwide now follow Morehouse’s example, including Harvard, Stanford, Arizona State University, FAMU, NCAT, Morgan State University, and many others.
Learn more at https://www.asugsvsummit.com/hbcu.