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A native of Dallas, Texas, LaDarius holds a bachelor’s degree in government, with a concentration in international politics, and a master’s degree in arts, with a concentration in social sciences, both from Wesleyan University. He played football and competed in track and field at Wesleyan and served as the football and track and field representative on the university’s Student Athletic Advisory Committee (SAAC). SAAC coordinated with other NESCAC schools to provide a better space for the community surrounding the schools and the athletes themselves. Prior to joining The Frederick Gunn School in 2016, LaDarius was the track and field graduate assistant at Wesleyan University. He is a member of the History Department faculty, Head Coach for Varsity Football and Assistant Coach for Boys JV Basketball.

As Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, LaDarius works collaboratively to emphasize the school’s commitment to pluralism (rather than tolerance), and sees efforts to build diverse, equitable, and inclusive communities and curricula as critical to the school’s work with students. He is responsible for critically evaluating current programs with a vision toward how the school can move forward as an institution in furthering this mission. He serves as Co-Chair of the Executive Task Force on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, along with Emily Gum, Assistant Head of School for Teaching and Learning. The mission of the task force is to steer ongoing work related to diversity, equity and inclusion, and to create an environment on campus that is truly inclusive of diverse people and viewpoints. In addition to this, LaDarius is the faculty coordinator for student-led affinity groups, including the Black and Latino Student Association (BALU).

Collin Grimes teaches AP Economics,  Economics and Modern Global History, and is an Assistant Coach for Varsity Football and JV Boys Ice Hockey. A Nebraska native, Collin earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Nebraska, Kearney, and holds master’s and doctoral degrees in political science from the University of California, Riverside.

Prior to his arrival at Gunn, Collin carried out academic research, publishing journal articles and book chapters, and taught political science at Skidmore College and the University of California, Merced. In 2018, while conducting field research in Santiago, Chile, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, Collin worked as a visiting scholar in the Institute of Political Science at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and collected evidence from historical records in the archives of the Universidad de Buenos Aires’s Institute of Economic Research. He is internationally recognized for his research and writings on comparative political economy, civil-military relations, and defense. In his free time he likes to absorb Modern art, visit new places, and read literary fiction. He lives on campus with his wife, Allyson, and their son, Dorian Beau. They have two cats, Cadence and Bernie.