New Appointments for Five Black Administrators in Higher Education

Phenicia McCullough has been appointed vice president of human resources, diversity, and inclusion at California State University, Fullerton. She has nearly three decades of higher education experience with the California State University system.

McCullough holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in human resources development from the University of Texas at Tyler.

TK Smith has been appointed curator of the arts of Africa and Africana diaspora in the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University in Atlanta. He comes to his new position from the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he served as the assistant curator for the art of African diaspora. Previously, he was the inaugural Tina Dunkley Fellow at the Clark Atlanta University Museum.

Smith holds a bachelor’s degree in English and African American studies and a master’s degree in American studies from Saint Louis University in Missouri. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in the history of American civilization from the University of Delaware.

Ron Darbeau has been named associate vice president for Commonwealth campuses at Pennsylvania State University. He will retain his current role as chancellor of the Penn State Altoona campus. He has held several academic and administrative roles at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the University of Arkansas, Lock Haven University in Pennsylvania, and Commonwealth University.

Dr. Barbeau is an honors graduate of the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago, where he majored in chemistry. He holds a master’s degree and doctorate in organic chemistry from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

Monique “Mo” Brown has been named deputy chief of operations for the Johns Hopkins University Police Department in Baltimore, Maryland. She has spent the past 24 years with the Baltimore Police Department, most recently as deputy commissioner of the patrol and community policing bureau.

Brown holds a bachelor’s degree in management and criminal justice from Strayer University and a master’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Baltimore.

Greg Harris has been named dean of students and associate vice president for student affairs at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He has been a member of the university’s staff for over a decade, most recently serving as senior associate dean of students and assistant vice president of student affairs. Previously, he was the assistant dean of undergraduate studies.

Harris holds a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education and sport administration, as well as a master’s degree in communication studies from what is now Pennsylvania Western University, Edinboro.

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