Keith Wilson Honored for His Work in Multicultural Rehabilitation

mugshot - Keith B. Wilson, Dean, College of Education and HumanKeith B. Wilson, dean of the College of Education and Human Services at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, has been selected to receive the 2013 Virgie Winston-Smith Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association for Multicultural Rehabilitation Concerns. He will receive the award at the association’s annual training conference in New Orleans later this month.

Dr. Wilson has been dean since July 2012. He previously served on the faculty at Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Wilson is a graduate of Wilberforce University in Ohio. He holds a master’s degree from Kent State University and a doctorate in education/rehabilitation services from Ohio State University.

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