A Half Dozen African Americans Appointed to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education

Felecia McCree Moulton was appointed executive director of advancement services with Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. She was director of advancement services and prospect management at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois.

Moulton is a graduate of Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, where she majored in chemistry.

Nkenge Friday has been named assistant vice chancellor for strategic initiatives in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She most recently served as associate dean of students and director of diversity and inclusion at Marietta College in Ohio.

Dr. Friday is a graduate of Tougaloo College in Mississippi. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma and a doctorate in education from Nova Southeastern University.

Christopher Carr has been named chief diversity officer for the Volgenau School of Engineering at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He most recently served as senior director of programs for the National Society of Black Engineers.

Dr. Carr is a graduate of William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, where he double-majored in international relations and history. He holds a master of public policy degree in international relations and American politics from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, and a doctorate in interdisciplinary leadership from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.

Winston B. Crisp has been named vice president for student affairs at the University of Southern California. He previously served as vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Crisp is a graduate of Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina. He holds a juris doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Corey Jackson has been named associate vice chancellor of human resources for the University of California, San Francisco and senior vice president of UCSF Health. He most recently served as executive vice president and chief talent officer for Parkland Health & Hospital Systems in Dallas, Texas.

Jackson is a graduate of Virginia Tech. He holds a juris doctorate from the University of Miami School of Law.

Quentin Holmes has been appointed interim chief of the University Police Department and special advisor to the chief operating officer for public safety at Grambling State University in Louisiana. Since, 2017, Dr. Holmes has served as a visiting professor in the university’s department of criminal justice. He is the former chief of police for the city of Monroe, Louisiana.

Dr. Holmes holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in criminal justice from the University of Louisiana at Monroe. He earned a Ph.D. in public administration from Jackson State University in Mississippi.

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