Appointments, Promotions, and Resignations
• Mac A. Stewart, vice provost for minority affairs and special assistant to the president for diversity at Ohio State University, has announced his retirement, effective at the end of this month. He has been an administrator at Ohio State since 1970.
Dr. Stewart is a graduate of Morehouse College. He holds a master’s degree from Atlanta University and a doctorate from Ohio State.
• Valerie Lee, professor of English at the university, was named interim director of the Office of Minority Affairs to replace Stewart.
Dr. Lee is a graduate of Atlantic Union College in South Lancaster, Massachusetts. She holds a master’s degree from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, and a Ph.D. in English from Ohio State University.
• Kimberly S. Brown was named interim associate vice provost for academic support services at Virginia Tech. Since 1999 she has served as director of the university’s Academic Advising Center.
Dr. Brown is a graduate of the University of Richmond. She holds a master’s degree from Radford University and a doctorate from Virginia Tech.
• Shaun L. Gabbidon was named a Distinguished Professor of criminal justice at the Harrisburg campus of Pennsylvania State University. He is only the second scholar to be named a Distinguished Professor at the Harrisburg campus.
A native of England with Jamaican ancestry, Dr. Gabbidon earned his Ph.D. in criminology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
• Jimmy L. Adams Jr. was appointed assistant vice president for continuing education and institutional relations at Prairie View A&M University in Texas. He was a professor and administrator at Lone Star College system.
Dr. Adams is a graduate of the University of Montevallo in Alabama. He holds an MBA from Houston Baptist University and an educational doctorate from Sam Houston State University.
• Judy Nazirah Rashid was named interim vice chancellor for student affairs at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro. She has been an administrator at the university for more than a decade.
Dr. Rashid holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from North Carolina A&T State University and an educational doctorate from North Carolina State University in Raleigh.
• Avery August was appointed professor of immunology at Cornell University beginning this fall. He is currently a professor of immunology at Pennsylvania State University.
Dr. August is a graduate of California State University at Los Angeles and holds a Ph.D. in immunology from Cornell University.
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