Two African Americans in New Administrative Posts at U.S. Universities

SappVicki T. Sapp was appointed director of community and organizational development at the University of Rhode Island. She was assistant director for residential life and housing services at the University of Rochester in New York.

Sapp holds bachelor’s and master’s degree from Buffalo State College and is a doctoral candidate in higher education leadership at the University of Rochester.

TVJohnsonTimothy V. Johnson was named director of the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University. Johnson joined the staff at New York University in 2005 as librarian for Africana studies, food studies, and anthropology.

Johnson is a graduate of Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana. He holds a master’s degree in African history from the City College of New York and a master of library and information science degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

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