A Trio of African Americans Taking on New Administrative Responsibilities in Higher Education

De’Onqua Isaac has been named vice president for enrollment management at Morris College, a historically Black institution in Sumter, South Carolina. He has nearly a decade of admissions and enrollment experience with HBCUs, most recently serving as executive director of enrollment management at Wiley University in Marshall, Texas.

Isaac holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Alcorn State University in Mississippi. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in higher education administration from Wiley University.

Karin Vinson has been appointed general counsel and director of government affairs at historically Black Fort Valley State University in Georgia. She has previously held several roles with the university including compliance coordinator, Title IX coordinator, and contracts and open records officer. She has nearly two decades of experience in the legal field.

Vinson is a summa cum laude graduate of Fort Valley State University, where she majored in political science. She holds a juris doctorate from John Marshall Law School in Atlanta.

Jamillah Williams has been named the inaugural associate vice president of gender equity and chair of the Gender Equity Committee at Georgetown University. In addition to her new responsibilities, she will continue to serve as a professor with Georgetown Law, where she specializes in anti-discrimination law.

Dr. Williams received her bachelor’s degree in business from Georgetown University and her master’s degree in education from the University of Michigan. She holds a juris doctorate and a Ph.D. in sociology from Stanford University.

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