Malekah Salim-Morgan has been named dean of undergraduate studies at Reach University in Oakland, California. Her background includes over 25 years of service to public K-12 schools throughout Louisiana. Prior to joining the Reach University faculty, she was deputy assistant superintendent of school improvement for the Louisiana Department of Education. Earlier in her career, she was an adjunct instructor at Louisiana State University at Shreveport.
Salim-Morgan holds a bachelor’s degree in education from Grambling State University in Louisiana and a master’s degree in school administration from Louisiana State University at Shreveport. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in learning and organizational change from Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
Cordelia Nnedu has been named dean of the School of Nursing and Allied Health at Tuskegee University, a historically Black educational institution in Alabama. A Tuskegee faculty member for more than three decades, she focuses her research on the retention of students of color in undergraduate nursing programs and methods to address the impact of negative perinatal outcomes for women of color. Earlier in her tenure, she spent eight years as chair of Tuskegee’s nursing department.
Dr. Nnedu holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Northern Colorado, a master’s degree in nursing from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and a Ph.D. from Auburn University in Alabama.
Give me a damn break and let’s set the record straight. These two professors are African or Caribbean immigrants and NOT native-born Black Americans. In other words, JBHE you need to stop identifying these immigrants as belonging to the native born Black American community because it’s a damn insult on numerous levels. These people don’t identify with unless it benefits them fiscally.