William Harris has been appointed dean of academic affairs for the College of Arts and Sciences at Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina. A faculty member with the college since 2017, he currently serves as chair of the faculty senate. Earlier in his tenure, he had a stint as interim director of diversity and inclusion. As an associate professor of history, he teaches courses on world cultures, American history, the civil rights movement, and African American history. He has previously taught at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania, Hobert and William Smith Colleges in New York, and Cornell University.
Dr. Harris is a graduate of historically Black Alabama State University. He holds a master’s degree in history from the University of Akron in Ohio, as well as both a master’s degree and Ph.D. in history from Cornell University.
Brittany Palmer has been named dean of industrial technologies and professional services at Georgia Piedmont Technical College. She has been a criminal justice faculty member with the college since 2022, serving in leadership roles such as division chair and program chair for criminal justice and forensics. Earlier in her career, she taught criminal justice at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College.
Dr. Palmer holds dual bachelor’s degrees in political science and criminal justice from Georgia Southern University. She earned her master of public administration degree and her Ph.D. in public policy and administration from Walden University.
Audrey P. Miller is the new dean of the School of Nursing at Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida. With over three decades of experience, she most recently taught in the Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing & Health Sciences at Florida International University. There, she became the first faculty member to achieve the full clinical professor rank in the undergraduate nursing department. She also served as the inaugural program director for several non-traditional nursing degree tracks and was the first leader of the graduate nurse educator program. Earlier, she had a clinical appointment as a pediatric nurse practitioner with the University of Miami Hospitals and Clinics.
Dr. Miller earned her bachelor’s degree and certification as a pediatric nurse practitioner from Florida International University, a master’s degree in nursing education from Nova Southeastern University, and a Ph.D. in nursing from Barry University.
