The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education

Keisha Blain Appointed President of the Center for Engaged Scholarship

Dr. Blain is a full professor of history and Africana studies at Brown University in Rhode Island. As a historian of the twentieth-century United States, she focuses her scholarship on African American history, the modern African diaspora, and women's and gender studies.

Jason Curry to Lead Morehouse College’s Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel

Breaking News
A Morehouse College graduate, Dr. Curry has spent the past two decades leading the Fisk Memorial Chapel at Fisk University in Nashville. He is slated to return to his undergraduate alma mater as dean of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel on June 15.

Rosemarie Allen Named Dean of the Metropolitan State University of Denver School of Education

Breaking News
Dr. Allen is a professor of early childhood education who has taught at Metropolitan University of Denver since 2004. She is slated to become the next leader of the university's School of Education on July 1.

Terrence L. Johnson to Lead Emory University’s Candler School of Theology

Breaking News
Currently serving as the Charles G. Adams Professor of African American Religious Studies at Harvard Divinity School, Dr. Johnson is slated to become the next Mary Lee Hardin Willard Dean of the Candler School of Theology at Emory University on August 1.

Research & Studies

The Racial Gap in Maternal Mortality Rates by Education Level

For Black women with a college degree, the maternal mortality rate in 2019 was 26.21 per 100,000 women. This was more than four times the rate for White women with a college degree.

Fatal Police Shootings Are More Common in Counties With Greater Income Inequality

According to a new study, areas in the United States with greater income inequality experience a significantly higher rate of fatal police shootings. This pattern is particularly pronounced among Black Americans.

Report Discusses How to Prevent AI From Widening the Racial Wealth Gap

Racial Gap
Yvette Pappoe of the University of the District of Columbia is the lead author of a new report that outlines how companies and policymakers can establish transparency and accountability in artificial intelligence algorithms used in housing, lending, and employment.

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“HBCUs have long been engines of opportunity, but for far too long, too many have been asked to do more with less.”

Senator Tim Scott,
Republican from South Carolina and co-sponsor of the IGNITE for HBCU Excellence Act

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Statistic of the Week

26.21
The maternal mortality rate in 2019 for Black women with a college degree (deaths per 100,000 women)
6.12
The maternal mortality rate in 2019 for White women with a college degree (deaths per 100,000 women)

source: U.S. Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System (see JBHE post)

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HBCUs

Fisk University Launches $1 Billion Campus Strategic Plan

Fisk University's new strategic plan, "Quantum Leap," is estimated to invest $1 billion in campus infrastructure and academic programs. A core element of the plan is a new 100,000-square-foot Innovation Center for academic instruction and interdisciplinary research.
Appointments & Awards

New Roles for Three Black Scholars in Higher Education

Andre E. Johnson was named director of graduate studies in the department of communication and film at the University of Memphis. Taylor Whitehead of Virginia State University was elected president of the HBCU Band & Orchestra Directors' Consortium and Paul Joseph López Oro was promoted to associate professor of Africana studies at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania.
HBCUs

Wilberforce University Launches Three-Year Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology

Drawing from foundations in anatomy, movement science, nutrition, and health promotion, the three-year kinesiology degree program is designed to prepare students for careers in health care, fitness, physical therapy, sports science, and wellness.
African-American History

Caleb Gayle Wins Distinguished Book Prize in Great Plains Studies

The Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has honored Northeastern University's Caleb Gayle for his new book on Edward McCabe, a Black man who tried to establish a U.S. state governed by and for Black people.
Graduate Schools

Johnson C. Smith University Establishes Transfer Pathway With College of Medicine in Antigua

Under the new agreement, qualified JCSU students will gain access to structured advising, mentorship, pre-medicine guidance, academic preparation support, and direct admissions pathways into AUA's medical degree program.
Appointments & Awards

Four Black Administrators Appointed to New Roles at Universities

The appointments are LeNá Powe McDonald at the University of Alabama, Sean Lyn Sr. at Fort Valley State University in Georgia, Charles Small at Syracuse University in New York, and Patricia Smith at Jarvis Christian University in Texas.
Articles

Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers

Each week, JBHE will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.
Books

Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. The books included are on a wide variety of subjects and present many different points of view.
African-American History

Harvard Publishes Database of 1,613 People Enslaved by University Leaders

The Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program has released an updated database featuring the names, locations, and documented dates of 1,613 individuals enslaved by members of the university community, as well as the names of the university leaders who enslaved them.
Diversity

Trump Administration Claims Yale School of Medicine Discriminates Against White and Asian Applicants

After conducting a year-long investigation into the Ivy League medical school, the DOJ determined that Yale used “racial proxies to circumvent the Supreme Court’s prohibition on using race to select students” and that “Black and Hispanic applicants were admitted with consistently lower academic qualifications than their White and Asian counterparts.”
HBCUs

Local Connecticut Lawmakers Aim to Establish an HBCU Satellite Campus in New Haven

Nearly two centuries ago, Connecticut lawmakers blocked an attempt by local abolitionists to establish a higher education institution for Black men in the City of New Haven. Now, the city aims to rectify that decision by establishing a satellite campus of an existing HBCU.
Racial Gap

The Racial Gap in Maternal Mortality Rates by Education Level

For Black women with a college degree, the maternal mortality rate in 2019 was 26.21 per 100,000 women. This was more than four times the rate for White women with a college degree.
Breaking News

Keisha Blain Appointed President of the Center for Engaged Scholarship

Dr. Blain is a full professor of history and Africana studies at Brown University in Rhode Island. As a historian of the twentieth-century United States, she focuses her scholarship on African American history, the modern African diaspora, and women's and gender studies.
Research & Studies

Fatal Police Shootings Are More Common in Counties With Greater Income Inequality

According to a new study, areas in the United States with greater income inequality experience a significantly higher rate of fatal police shootings. This pattern is particularly pronounced among Black Americans.
Breaking News

Jason Curry to Lead Morehouse College’s Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel

A Morehouse College graduate, Dr. Curry has spent the past two decades leading the Fisk Memorial Chapel at Fisk University in Nashville. He is slated to return to his undergraduate alma mater as dean of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel on June 15.
Racial Gap

Report Discusses How to Prevent AI From Widening the Racial Wealth Gap

Yvette Pappoe of the University of the District of Columbia is the lead author of a new report that outlines how companies and policymakers can establish transparency and accountability in artificial intelligence algorithms used in housing, lending, and employment.
Breaking News

Rosemarie Allen Named Dean of the Metropolitan State University of Denver School of Education

Dr. Allen is a professor of early childhood education who has taught at Metropolitan University of Denver since 2004. She is slated to become the next leader of the university's School of Education on July 1.
HBCUs

Proposed Federal Legislation Aims to Modernize Infrastructure at HBCUs

Introduced by U.S. Senators Tim Scott and Chris Coons, the Institutional Grants for New Infrastructure, Technology, and Education (IGNITE) for HBCU Excellence Act would establish a competitive federal grant program to support modernization efforts and long-term infrastructure improvements at HBCUs throughout the country.
Appointments & Awards

Four Black Scholars Appointed to New Faculty Positions

Duchess Harris was selected for an endowed appointment at Macalaster College and Samson Okoth Opondo was promoted to full professor at Vassar College. Christy Swinson is associate dean of the Fayetteville State University School of Nursing and La'Tesha Sampson is director of the MSW program at Seton Hall University.
Graduate Schools

Albany State University Launches New Master’s Degree in Trauma Psychology

One of only four degrees of its kind in the United States, the new trauma psychology master's degree at Albany State University aims to prepare students for careers in trauma-informed care, mental health services, community support systems, and human services professions.
Appointments & Awards

Nicole Joseph of Vanderbilt University Receives National Award in Mathematics Education

Dr. Joseph, an associate professor at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College, was recently honored by the Mathematical Association of American for her career-long contributions to mathematics education for K-12 and undergraduate students.
HBCUs

Alcorn State University Partners With Getty Images to Preserve Its Historical Archives

Through this partnership, Getty Images will mange the post-production costs to restore thousands of images from the archives of Alcorn State University in Mississippi including rarely seen photographs and video footage.
Appointments & Awards

New Appointments for Five Black Americans in Higher Education

The appointments are Sean D. Burns at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Shawna Lynch-Watkins at Meredith College in North Carolina, Robert E. Nobles III at Florida A&M University, Tyrell Warren-Burnett at Georgia State University, and Catherine Edmonds at North Carolina A&T State University.
Articles

Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers

Each week, JBHE will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.
Books

Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. The books included are on a wide variety of subjects and present many different points of view.
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HBCUs

Fisk University Launches $1 Billion Campus Strategic Plan

Fisk University's new strategic plan, "Quantum Leap," is estimated to invest $1 billion in campus infrastructure and academic programs. A core element of the plan is a new 100,000-square-foot Innovation Center for academic instruction and interdisciplinary research.
Appointments & Awards

New Roles for Three Black Scholars in Higher Education

Andre E. Johnson was named director of graduate studies in the department of communication and film at the University of Memphis. Taylor Whitehead of Virginia State University was elected president of the HBCU Band & Orchestra Directors' Consortium and Paul Joseph López Oro was promoted to associate professor of Africana studies at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania.
HBCUs

Wilberforce University Launches Three-Year Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology

Drawing from foundations in anatomy, movement science, nutrition, and health promotion, the three-year kinesiology degree program is designed to prepare students for careers in health care, fitness, physical therapy, sports science, and wellness.
African-American History

Caleb Gayle Wins Distinguished Book Prize in Great Plains Studies

The Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has honored Northeastern University's Caleb Gayle for his new book on Edward McCabe, a Black man who tried to establish a U.S. state governed by and for Black people.
Graduate Schools

Johnson C. Smith University Establishes Transfer Pathway With College of Medicine in Antigua

Under the new agreement, qualified JCSU students will gain access to structured advising, mentorship, pre-medicine guidance, academic preparation support, and direct admissions pathways into AUA's medical degree program.
Appointments & Awards

Four Black Administrators Appointed to New Roles at Universities

The appointments are LeNá Powe McDonald at the University of Alabama, Sean Lyn Sr. at Fort Valley State University in Georgia, Charles Small at Syracuse University in New York, and Patricia Smith at Jarvis Christian University in Texas.
Articles

Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers

Each week, JBHE will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.
Books

Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. The books included are on a wide variety of subjects and present many different points of view.
African-American History

Harvard Publishes Database of 1,613 People Enslaved by University Leaders

The Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program has released an updated database featuring the names, locations, and documented dates of 1,613 individuals enslaved by members of the university community, as well as the names of the university leaders who enslaved them.
Diversity

Trump Administration Claims Yale School of Medicine Discriminates Against White and Asian Applicants

After conducting a year-long investigation into the Ivy League medical school, the DOJ determined that Yale used “racial proxies to circumvent the Supreme Court’s prohibition on using race to select students” and that “Black and Hispanic applicants were admitted with consistently lower academic qualifications than their White and Asian counterparts.”
HBCUs

Local Connecticut Lawmakers Aim to Establish an HBCU Satellite Campus in New Haven

Nearly two centuries ago, Connecticut lawmakers blocked an attempt by local abolitionists to establish a higher education institution for Black men in the City of New Haven. Now, the city aims to rectify that decision by establishing a satellite campus of an existing HBCU.
Racial Gap

The Racial Gap in Maternal Mortality Rates by Education Level

For Black women with a college degree, the maternal mortality rate in 2019 was 26.21 per 100,000 women. This was more than four times the rate for White women with a college degree.
Breaking News

Keisha Blain Appointed President of the Center for Engaged Scholarship

Dr. Blain is a full professor of history and Africana studies at Brown University in Rhode Island. As a historian of the twentieth-century United States, she focuses her scholarship on African American history, the modern African diaspora, and women's and gender studies.
Research & Studies

Fatal Police Shootings Are More Common in Counties With Greater Income Inequality

According to a new study, areas in the United States with greater income inequality experience a significantly higher rate of fatal police shootings. This pattern is particularly pronounced among Black Americans.
Breaking News

Jason Curry to Lead Morehouse College’s Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel

A Morehouse College graduate, Dr. Curry has spent the past two decades leading the Fisk Memorial Chapel at Fisk University in Nashville. He is slated to return to his undergraduate alma mater as dean of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel on June 15.
Racial Gap

Report Discusses How to Prevent AI From Widening the Racial Wealth Gap

Yvette Pappoe of the University of the District of Columbia is the lead author of a new report that outlines how companies and policymakers can establish transparency and accountability in artificial intelligence algorithms used in housing, lending, and employment.
Breaking News

Rosemarie Allen Named Dean of the Metropolitan State University of Denver School of Education

Dr. Allen is a professor of early childhood education who has taught at Metropolitan University of Denver since 2004. She is slated to become the next leader of the university's School of Education on July 1.
HBCUs

Proposed Federal Legislation Aims to Modernize Infrastructure at HBCUs

Introduced by U.S. Senators Tim Scott and Chris Coons, the Institutional Grants for New Infrastructure, Technology, and Education (IGNITE) for HBCU Excellence Act would establish a competitive federal grant program to support modernization efforts and long-term infrastructure improvements at HBCUs throughout the country.
Appointments & Awards

Four Black Scholars Appointed to New Faculty Positions

Duchess Harris was selected for an endowed appointment at Macalaster College and Samson Okoth Opondo was promoted to full professor at Vassar College. Christy Swinson is associate dean of the Fayetteville State University School of Nursing and La'Tesha Sampson is director of the MSW program at Seton Hall University.
Graduate Schools

Albany State University Launches New Master’s Degree in Trauma Psychology

One of only four degrees of its kind in the United States, the new trauma psychology master's degree at Albany State University aims to prepare students for careers in trauma-informed care, mental health services, community support systems, and human services professions.
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