Two African American Women Appointed to Administrative Posts in Higher Education

Fatimah Stone was appointed interim director of the Office of Equity and Inclusion at the University of Delaware. She is an assistant general counsel at the university and previously was the senior associate director of the Office of Equity and Inclusion.

Stone is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey. She earned her law degree at Tulane University in New Orleans.

Rossanna Contreras-Godfrey was appointed director of the Office of Learning to Learn at Boston College. The office includes student support services and the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate programs. She has been serving as interim director and has been on the staff at the college since 1997.

Dr. Contreras-Godfrey holds a bachelor’s degree and a doctorate in higher education administration from Boston College. She also earned a master’s degree at Boston University.

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