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Three African American Scholars Taking on New Faculty Roles at Universities

Three African American Scholars Taking on New Faculty Roles at Universities

Darrell Hudson, an associate professor of social work at Washington University in St. Louis, will become director of the university’s Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity. Brenda Jacobs was appointed interim chair of the nursing department at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and Julia Steed will become the academic director of the family nurse practitioner program at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.

Jun 09, 2023 | 0 comments View Post
Five Black Scholars Appointed Endowed Professors at North Carolina Central University

Five Black Scholars Appointed Endowed Professors at North Carolina Central University

The five scholars appointed to endowed chairs at North Carolina Central University are Gladys Mitchell-Walthour in political science, Jonathan Livingston in psychology, Zelda Lockhart in language and literature, Lydia Lindsey is history, and Charles Williams in art and design.

Jun 09, 2023 | 0 comments View Post
A Snapshot of the Racial Diversity of the Faculty at Johns Hopkins University

A Snapshot of the Racial Diversity of the Faculty at Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University reports that in 2021, there were 281 Black or African American faculty at the university. They made up 5.4 percent of the more than 5,200 faculty members. In 2017, Blacks were 4.3 percent of all faculty at Johns Hopkins.

Jun 05, 2023 | 0 comments View Post
Two African American Men Named to Endowed Professorships

Two African American Men Named to Endowed Professorships

Byron Lars has been named the next Jane B. Nord Professor of Fashion Design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and Michael Burton was named to a McDermott Professorship at the University of Texas at Dallas.

Jun 02, 2023 | 0 comments View Post
Saint Augustine's University Awards Tenure to Three Black Faculty Members

Saint Augustine’s University Awards Tenure to Three Black Faculty Members

Sheria D. Rowe is the assistant dean and professor in the School of Business. Patrick Webb is an associate professor of criminal justice and Shirlkeymu L. Winston is an assistant professor of African American history.

May 19, 2023 | 0 comments View Post
Three African American Scholars Take on New Faculty Roles

Three African American Scholars Take on New Faculty Roles

Bryana French has been appointed associate chair in the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. Creston Herron was named director of orchestral activities at the University of Kansas and Jamie Waters is a new associate professor of Old Testament studies at Boston College.

May 12, 2023 | 0 comments View Post
Three African American Professors Who Are Taking on New Assignments

Three African American Professors Who Are Taking on New Assignments

Jeanette Davidson was appointed director of the Center for Societal Impact and a professor of instruction at the University of Texas at Austin. Tony Morris has been named the associate dean of the College of Arts and Letters at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, and Nicholas Bratcher was appointed director of the School of Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Louisiana Monroe.

May 05, 2023 | 0 comments View Post
A Pair of Black Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to New Faculty Roles

A Pair of Black Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to New Faculty Roles

Elisha Chambers was appointed director of the new master’s degree program in occupational therapy at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and Isrea Butler will be the next director of the School of Music at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.

Apr 28, 2023 | 0 comments View Post
A Trio of Black Scholars in New Faculty Positions

A Trio of Black Scholars in New Faculty Positions

William T. Brooks has been named an assistant professor of music at Albany State University in Georgia. Ericmoore Jossou will be joining the engineering faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this summer and Joan Blakey is the new director of the University of Minnesota School of Social Work.

Apr 21, 2023 | 0 comments View Post
Two African American Women Appointed to Endowed Chairs

Two African American Women Appointed to Endowed Chairs

Stacey Abrams was named the inaugural Ronald W. Walters Endowed Chair for Race and Black Politics at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and Rhonda Y. Williams was named to the Coleman A. Young Endowed Chair in the department of African American studies at Wayne State University in Detroit.

Apr 21, 2023 | 0 comments View Post
Special Education Teacher Shortage Has Huge Impact on Black Students

Special Education Teacher Shortage Has Huge Impact on Black Students

A new study finds that special education is the No. 1 teacher shortage area in 48 states. At the same time, a growing number of students of color have been identified as having a disability.

Apr 17, 2023 | 1 comment View Post
Three African American Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments

Three African American Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments

The three Black women faculty members who are taking on new assignments are Crystal Feimster at Yale University, Kia Dolby at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia, and Alison Brown at Talladega College in Alabama.

Apr 14, 2023 | 0 comments View Post
Five Black Scholars Honored With Endowed Professorships at Vanderbilt University

Five Black Scholars Honored With Endowed Professorships at Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University in Nashville held a ceremony honoring the 41 faculty members who have recently been appointed to endowed chairs. Several of these appointments went to Black scholars, including three who teach chemistry.

Apr 07, 2023 | 0 comments View Post
Four African American Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to New Faculty Positions

Four African American Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to New Faculty Positions

Taking on new roles are LaQuandra S. Nesbitt at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Jarvis Givens at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Nicole B. Burwell at North Carolina A&T State University, and Anthony Greene at the College of Charleston in South Carolina.

Mar 31, 2023 | 0 comments View Post
A Quartet of Black Scholars Who Are Taking on New Positions or Duties

A Quartet of Black Scholars Who Are Taking on New Positions or Duties

Taking on new roles are Bernard A. Jones at St. John’s University in Staten Island, New York, Artha Gillis, at the University of California, Los Angeles, Terry-Ann Jones at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and David Staten at South Carolina State University.

Mar 24, 2023 | 0 comments View Post
Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis Names Its Inaugural Regents’ Distinguished Professor

Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis Names Its Inaugural Regents’ Distinguished Professor

Dr. Kelvin Adams retired in December 2022 from his duties as superintendent of the St. Louis Public School District, a position he held since 2008. Prior to serving as superintendent, he was the associate dean of the College of Education at Southern University in New Orleans.

Mar 17, 2023 | 0 comments View Post
A Trio of Black Scholars Taking on New Faculty Roles

A Trio of Black Scholars Taking on New Faculty Roles

Bree Alexander was appointed clinical assistant professor and interim coordinator for the bachelor of social work degree program at the University of South Carolina. Cajetan Iheka is the new director of the Whitney Humanities Center at Yale University and Earl J. Edwards is a new assistant professor in the educational leadership and higher education development at Boston College.

Mar 10, 2023 | 0 comments View Post
Five African American Scholars Who Are Taking on New University Assignments

Five African American Scholars Who Are Taking on New University Assignments

The five Black scholars in new posts or who are taking on new duties are Derrick Harriell at the University of Mississippi, Crista Johnson-Agbakwu at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Duane Watson at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Phylicia Rashad at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and Misty De Berry at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

Mar 03, 2023 | 0 comments View Post
Four Black Scholars Who Are Taking on New Assignments at Major Universities

Four Black Scholars Who Are Taking on New Assignments at Major Universities

Appointed to new positions or taking on new duties are Michelle Robinson at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Charles D. Brown II at Yale University, Patricia Smith at the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University in New Jersey, and Angela Byars-Winston of the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Wisconsin.

Feb 24, 2023 | 0 comments View Post
Four Black Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Positions or Roles

Four Black Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Positions or Roles

Taking on new duties are Soyica Colbert at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Arisa White at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, Samuel Johnson at the Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, and Sherard Robbins at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development in Nashville.

Feb 17, 2023 | 0 comments View Post
Three Black Scholars Promoted to Full Professor at Winston-Salem State University

Three Black Scholars Promoted to Full Professor at Winston-Salem State University

Historically Black Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina has announced that seven faculty members have been promoted to full professor. Three of these scholars are Black: Ike Okonta in philosophy, Tennille Presley in chemistry, and Pamela Jones in biological sciences.

Feb 10, 2023 | 0 comments View Post
A Quartet of Black Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments

A Quartet of Black Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments

Stacy Gee Hollins was appointed interim associate provost of academic affairs at Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis and Getiria Onsongo was granted tenure at Macalester College in St. Paul Minnesota. Candis Watts Smith was named interim vice provost for undergraduate education at Duke University and Terrell Brown was appointed director of the master of social work degree program at Jackson State University in Mississippi.

Feb 03, 2023 | 0 comments View Post
A Trio of Black Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Roles

A Trio of Black Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Roles

Marlon M. Bailey, a professor of African and African American studies at Washington University in St. Louis, was granted tenure. Salome Brooks has been appointed clinical professor and program director of the department of physical therapy at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York, and Arnetta Villela-Smith was named co-chair of the ethnic studies department at Skyline Community College in San Bruno, California.

Jan 27, 2023 | 0 comments View Post
Two Prominent Black Scholars Have Jumped to Different Universities

Two Prominent Black Scholars Have Jumped to Different Universities

Chandra L. Ford has joined the faculty at Emory University in Atlanta after teaching at the University of California, Los Angeles and Fredrick Muyia Nafukho, who has taught at Texas A&M University since 2007, will be joining the faculty and serving as vice provost in the Office of Academic Personnel at the University of Washington.

Jan 13, 2023 | 0 comments View Post
Four Black Scholars Join the College of Education & Human Development Faculty at Georgia State

Four Black Scholars Join the College of Education & Human Development Faculty at Georgia State

The four new faculty members in the College of Education & Human Development at Georgia State University are Bobby Bonwenyue Gueh and Tamika P. La Salle in the department of counseling and psychological services, Dionne Cowan in the department of educational policy studies, and Christopher Jett in the department of middle and secondary education.

Jan 06, 2023 | 0 comments View Post
A Quartet of Black Scholars Who Are Taking on New Assignments

A Quartet of Black Scholars Who Are Taking on New Assignments

The four Black faculty members who have been appointed to new roles are Sylvester Johnson at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, LaQuandra Nesbitt in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at George Washington University, Lorgia García Peña at Princeton University in New Jersey, and Kyaien Conner at the University of Pittsburgh.

Dec 30, 2022 | 0 comments View Post
Wayne State University Announces a Cluster Hire Program for 30 Scholars Focused on Black Studies

Wayne State University Announces a Cluster Hire Program for 30 Scholars Focused on Black Studies

Wayne State University is launching a cluster hire program that will recruit and hire 30 new humanities faculty and create the Detroit Center for Black Studies. The initiative will support Wayne State’s goal to build a more inclusive and equitable university by prioritizing faculty and research centered on the Black experience.

Dec 28, 2022 | 1 comment View Post
Two African American Men Who Have Been Appointed to Distinguished Faculty Positions

Two African American Men Who Have Been Appointed to Distinguished Faculty Positions

Shawn Ginwright has been named professor of practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Grant Warner will serve as the inaugural Bank of America Endowed Professor of Entrepreneurship and director of the Center for Black Entrepreneurship at Spelman College and Morehouse College in Atlanta.

Dec 16, 2022 | 0 comments View Post
Sub-Saharan African Nations Sending the Most Scholars to Teach at U.S. Colleges and Universities

Sub-Saharan African Nations Sending the Most Scholars to Teach at U.S. Colleges and Universities

In the 2020-21 academic year, there were 1,483 scholars from sub-Saharan African nations teaching at U.S. colleges and universities. Due to the pandemic, this was down more than 24 percent from the previous academic year. Foreign scholars from sub-Saharan Africa made up only 1.7 percent of all foreign scholars teaching in the U.S. in the 2020-21 academic year.

Dec 12, 2022 | 0 comments View Post
New Titles or Roles at Universities for a Trio of Black Faculty Members

New Titles or Roles at Universities for a Trio of Black Faculty Members

Juanita Johnson-Bailey was named the first recipient of the Centennial Professorship, an endowed professorship for a women’s studies faculty member at the University of Georgia. Siddig Fageir has been appointed chair of the department of social sciences at Alcorn State University in Mississippi and Asher Pimpleton-Gray was named chair of the department of psychology and counseling at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro.

Dec 02, 2022 | 1 comment View Post
Three Black Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to New Positions

Three Black Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to New Positions

Associate professor of English Adrienne Brown has been appointed director of the University of Chicago’s Arts + Public Life initiative. Bobby Donaldson is the inaugural holder of an endowed chair at the University of South Carolina, and Lisa T. Alexander was named the Robert F. Drinan, S.J., Professor at the Boston College School of Law.

Nov 25, 2022 | 0 comments View Post
Four Black Scholars in New University Teaching Roles

Four Black Scholars in New University Teaching Roles

Taking on new teaching assignments are Ericmoore Jossou at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Audrey Sorrells at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Chaudron Carter Short at Temple University in Philadelphia, and Francis Annan at the University of California, Berkeley.

Nov 18, 2022 | 0 comments View Post
New Faculty Assignments at Colleges and Universities for Five Black Scholars

New Faculty Assignments at Colleges and Universities for Five Black Scholars

Taking on new faculty roles are Michael Carbin at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Judith Casselberry at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, Yvonne Chireau at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, Tesfaye Mengiste at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, and Rae Shaw at San Francisco State University.

Nov 11, 2022 | 0 comments View Post
Washington and Lee University Adds Four Black Assistant Professors to Its Faculty

Washington and Lee University Adds Four Black Assistant Professors to Its Faculty

Washington and Lee University, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution in Lexington, Virginia, has appointed four African Americans to assistant professor positions: Christopher Brown in anthropology, K. Avvirin Gray in English, Jimmie Johnson in physical education, and Ehi Rajsky in accounting.

Nov 04, 2022 | 0 comments View Post
Three African American Men Who Have Been Appointed to New Faculty Positions

Three African American Men Who Have Been Appointed to New Faculty Positions

Thomas W. Mitchell has joined the faculty at the Boston College Law School. Jarvis Givens has been promoted to associate professor at the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University and Walter T. Tillman was named an associate professor of education at Hampton University in Virgina.

Oct 28, 2022 | 0 comments View Post
Six Black Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments

Six Black Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments

The six Black faculty members who have been appointed to new posts are Ernest Nkansah-Dwamena at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, Deon Benton at Vanderbilt University, Tomi Obe at the University of Arkansas, Eric Buckles at Dillard University in New Orleans, Kenneth Johnson at the College of Charleston, and Sonya Donaldson at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.

Oct 21, 2022 | 0 comments View Post
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