Alicia Fontnette Appointed Executive Director of the National Council for Black Studies
The National Council for Black Studies has selected Alicia Fontnette as the organization's executive director. Dr. Fontnette is an assistant professor in the department of African studies at the University of Delaware, which will serve as the council's new headquarters.
A Trio of Black Scholars Who Are Taking on New Faculty Roles
Reginald Ellis was appointed an inaugural Provost Professor at Florida A&M University. Mediget Teshome is the new chief of breast surgery and director of breast health for the University of California, Los Angeles Health System and Professor Ezemenari Obasi was named vice president for research at Wayne State University in Detroit.
Arizona State University’s Colleen Jennings-Roggensack Honored for Promoting Broadway Theater
Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, vice president for cultural affairs at Arizona State University and executive director of ASU Gammage, a multipurpose performing arts center on the campus of the university in Tempe, is the recipient of the 2023 Broadway League Leadership Award.
Four African Americans Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Taking on new administrative roles are Jarmon DeSadier at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Robert Mitchell Jr. at Dillard University in New Orleans, Jessica Smith for the Relay Graduate School of Education, and John Thomas at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Three African American Faculty Members Appointed to New Positions
Cynthia Oliver has been named to a Gutgsell Endowed Chair at the University of Illinois. Najja Baptist was named director of African and African-American Studies Program in the history department at the University of Arkansas and associate professor BJ Arnett was appointed chair of the department of art and fashion at Clark Atlanta University.
UNLV’s Frank Rudy Cooper Honored by the Association of American Law Schools
The association's C. Clyde Ferguson, Jr. Award honors a legal educator who has provided support, encouragement, and mentoring to colleagues, students, and aspiring educators, and has achieved excellence in the areas of public service, teaching, and scholarship.
Three African Americans Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
Wayne Martin is the new vice president of government affairs at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta. Taunita V. Stephenson was named the head of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging for the division of recreation and intercollegiate athletics and wellness at the University of Pennsylvania, and Lynda Batiste was appointed senior vice president of finance and chief operating officer at St. Augustine's University in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Cato Laurencin Receives the John P. McGovern Compleat Physician Award
The award, presented by the Houston Academy of Medicine, seeks to identify and recognize multi-accomplished physicians who have enriched the field of medicine with excellence and humaneness. Dr. Laurencin is a University Professor and former dean of the medical school at the University of Connecticut.
A Trio of African American Scholars Taking on New Faculty Roles
The three Black scholars in new roles are Nikia A. Laurie at North Carolina Central University, Christopher Freeburg at the University of Illinois, and Dawn M. Turner at Oakwood University in Alabama.
Three African American Who Have Been Assigned to Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Charlie W. Coleman, III is the new associate vice president of development at Texas Southern University in Houston. Shawnrece Campbell was named assistant vice president for diversity and inclusion at Northern Michigan University and Leroy Hamilton, Jr. was appointed assistant provost at Hampton University in Virginia.
Angela Mensah of the University of Arkansas Honored by the National Communication Association
Dr. Mensah was honored for her development of the service-learning designated course, "Communicating Body Image." Dr. Mensah's course aims to identify hidden assumptions about body image as it relates to the intersections of race, class, gender, and body image in America.
Universities Announce the Appointment of Three Black Scholars to New Positions
Professor Rosemarie Wesson was named associate vice chancellor and university vice provost for research at the City of New York. Charles E. Menifield was named a University Professor at Rutgers University–Newark and Sonya Grier was named to the Eminent Scholar Chair in Marketing at the Kogod School of Business of American University in Washington, D.C.
Lekelia Jenkins Named a Fellow of the International Science Council
Lekelia Jenkins, an associate professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University, has been named a fellow of the International Science Council, the highest honor that can be conferred on an individual by the council.
Football Star Takes His Talents to the University of Kentucky College of Nursing
At Virginia Tech, Corey Moore was known for being one of the most intimidating defensive linemen in college football. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and played in the National Football League. Now Moore is the assistant dean of academic advising and student success at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing.
Julius B. Fleming, Jr. Selected to Receive the Hooks National Book Award
Julius B. Fleming, Jr., assistant professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park, is the winner of the Hooks National Book Award from the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis.
De’Etra Young Received the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Teaching Award
Dr. Young is associate dean for academics and land-grant programs at Tennessee State University. The award recognizes excellence in agricultural sciences teaching and student engagement.
Frank X Walker Is the Grand Prize Winner of the 2023 Black Authors Matter...
The Black Authors Matter Children’s Book Awards were established to honor excellence in African American literature. A panel of award-winning and/or award-nominated authors evaluated more than 150 entries. Frank X Walker is the first African American writer to be named Kentucky Poet Laureate. He is a professor of English and African American and Africana studies at the University of Kentucky.
Three Black Men in New Administrative Posts at State Universities
Nathan Cochran was appointed director of athletics at South Carolina State University. Nehemiah Yisrael was hired as director of procurement and property control at Morgan State University in Baltimore and Jermaine Rolle is the new director of athletics at Clayton State University in Morrow, Georgia.
A Quartet of African Americans Who Are Taking on New Administrative Duties in Higher...
Here is this week’s roundup of African Americans who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for this section, please send an email to info@jbhe.com.
Belinda Edmondson Wins Book Award From the Modern Language Association
The Modern Language Association of America announced it is awarding its first annual Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for African Studies to Belinda Edmondson, Distinguished Professor in the departments of English and Africana studies at Rutgers University-Newark.
A Group of Black Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs
The three Black scholars who have been appointed to named professorships are Karen Flynn at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ruth Blake at Yale University, and Baron Kelly at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A Trio of African Americans Who Have Been Appointed to Diversity Posts in Higher...
The three African Americans who have been appointed to diversity positions in higher education are Carl Lawson at the University of Pittsburgh, Sydney M. Savion at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, and Sheryl R. Wilson at Bethel College in Newton, Kansas.
New Administrative Duties for Four African Americans at Colleges and Universities
Taking on new administrative positions in higher education are Patrick Davis Sr. at the new BlueOval City campus of Tennessee College of Applied Technology Jackson, Salena Gray Jegede at Spelman College in Atlanta, Marchon Jackson at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and Wendy Thompson at Fisk University in Nashville.
University of Chicago’s Tina Post Wins Best Book Prize
Tina Post, an assistant professor of English at the University of Chicago, recently received the Best Book Prize from the Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present.
A Trio of African American Women Who Are Taking on New Diversity Roles in...
Virginia Tech's Menah Pratt was named chair-elect for the Council on Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities. Professor Gwendolyn D. Pough has been given the added duties as associate dean of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility at Syracuse University and Sekile M. Nzinga was appointed vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Three Black Scholars Who Have Been Given New Assignments
Taking on new positions are Gregory E. Triplett Jr. at Saint Louis University, Tracey Sharpley-Whiting at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, and Julie Simmons Ivy at the University of Michigan.
Dorothy Butler Gilliam Wins the Kiplinger Award From the National Press Club
Dorothy Butler Gilliam was the first African American woman reporter at the Washington Post. She taught at Howard University, American University, and the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs.
Four African Americans Hired to University Administrative Positions
Taking on new administrative roles are Iris A. Elijah at Florida A&M University, Marques D. Graham at Wiley University in Marshall, Texas, ZeNai Brooks at Martin University in Indianapolis, and Gary L. Brown at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia.
Two Black Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Assignments in Higher Education
Penelope Andrews was appointed the John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law at New York Law School and Angela D. Dillard, the Richard A. Meisler Collegiate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan, was given the added duties of the inaugural vice provost for undergraduate education.
K.C. Mmeje Honored by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Foundation
K.C. Mmeje is vice president for student affairs at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. The NASPA Pillars of the Profession Award acknowledges remarkable individuals within the student affairs and higher education community who demonstrate exceptional contributions to both the profession and the organization.
A Trio of African Americans Taking on New Administrative Duties at Universities
Curtis Reynolds will join Baylor University as vice president of business and finance and chief financial officer. Shauna Harris was appointed director of the Carolina Women's Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Daren Hubbard will become vice president for information technology and chief information officer at Princeton University.
Yale University Scholar Wins Early Career Physics Award
Charles D. Brown II, an assistant professor of physics at Yale University, has been selected as the winner the Joseph A. Johnson Award for Excellence from the American Institute of Physics and the National Society of Black Physicists.
Three African Americans Appointed to New Administrative Posts at Universities
Arthur Lumzy Jr. is the new director of student career preparedness at Texas A&M University–Commerce. Sandra L. Barnes was named associate provost for undergraduate education and student success at Alcorn State University in Mississippi and Roberto Campos-Marquetti has been appointed assistant vice president for staff and labor relations at Duke University.
Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric & Composition Honors Gwendolyn Pough
Gwendolyn D. Pough, dean’s professor of the humanities and professor in the department of women’s and gender studies at Syracuse University in New York, is the latest recipient of the 2023 Ede Mentoring Award from the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric & Composition. The biennial award recognizes impactful mentorship of students, campus leadership, professionals, and others.
Four African American Women Named to Diversity Positions in Higher Education
Taking on new roles relating to diversity are Jamila Lee-Johnson for the Graduate School at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, Sheryl R. Wilson at Bethel College in Kansas, Dionne Lambert at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma, and Markeisha Miner at the University of Rhode Island.
Clayborne Carson Wins the 2023 Freedom Award From the National Civil Rights Museum
In 1985, Professor Carson was asked by Coretta Scott King, Dr. King’s widow, to direct The King Papers Project with the mission of assembling and publishing the collected papers of her late husband.
