Honors for Two African American Faculty Members

nduati_thumbMichael N. Nduati, associate dean for clinical affairs at the University of California Riverside School of Medicine, received the 2014 New Faculty Scholar Award from the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Foundation.

Dr. Nduati joined the faculty of the medical school in 2011. He is a graduate of the University of California at Riverside and the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles. He also holds an MBA from UCLA and a master of public health degree from the Harvard School of Public Health.

howard-fullerHoward Fuller, distinguished professor of education and founder and director of the Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been named one of the nine “Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement” by Oxford University Press. In 1965, Fuller moved to Durham, North Carolina, where he served for 10 years as a community organizer.

Dr. Fuller is a graduate of Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin. He holds a master’s degree from Case Western Reserve University and a Ph.D. in the sociological foundation of education from Marquette University.

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