Kemeshia Swanson Receives 2024 Eudora Welty Book Prize
Dr. Swanson, an assistant professor at Mississippi State University, has been recognized for her new book, Maverick Feminist: To Be Female and Black in a Country Founded Upon Violence and Respectability.
Monic Ductan Receives Inaugural Tennessee Book Award in Fiction
Monic Ductan was honored for her first book, Daughters of Muscadine: Stories. She currently teaches creative writing and literature at Tennessee Tech University.
‘Dimeji Togunde Honored for Lifetime Achievement in Global Education
Dr. 'Dimeji Togunde is the vice provost for global education at Spelman College. Since joining the college's faculty in 2011, he has more than doubled the number of study abroad destinations for Spelman students.
Arizona State University Law Presents the O’Connor Justice Prize to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Johnson Sirleaf was the first woman democratically elected head of state in Africa. She was elected president of Libera in 2005 - just two years after the end of a decades-long civil war.
Danielle Speller Recognized by the National Society of Black Physicists for Early-Career Accomplishments
Danielle Spencer currently serves as an assitant professor of physics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. She was honored by the National Society of Black Physicists for her research into dark matter and her mentorship of the next generation of physicists.
NCA&T Chancellor Emeritus Harold Martin Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Martin served as chancellor of North Carolina A&T State University from 2009 to 2023. Throughout his long tenure, the university experienced substantial growth in enrollment, and is now the largest HBCU in the country.
Herman Taylor Receives National Recognition for Excellence in Clinical Cardiovascular Research
Dr. Herman Taylor currently directs the Cardiovascular Research Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, one of four historically Black medical schools in the country. He was recently honored by the American Heart Association for excellence in clinical research.
North Carolina Supreme Court Unveils Portrait of NCCU Law Dean Patricia Timmons-Goodson
Patricia Timmons-Goodson was appointed to the North Carolina Supreme Court in 2006, making her the first Black woman to serve in that capacity. She has served as dean of the North Carolina Central University School of Law for the past year.
The Anti-Defamation League Honors Charles Chavis for Scholarship on Black and Jewish Relations
Dr. Chavis currently teaches as an assistant professor of conflict resolution and serves as the founding director of the John Mitchell, Jr. Program for History, Justice, and Race at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
The 2024 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Has Been Awarded to Two Black Scholars
The 2024 Frederick Douglass Book Prize has been awarded to Marlene Daut, professor at Yale University, and Sara Johnson, professor at the University of California, San Diego.
