Honors & Awards

Yolanda Moses Honored With the Frederick Douglass Medal from the University of Rochester

Dr. Moses is past president of the American Anthropological Association and past president of American Association for Higher Education. From 1993 to 1999 she served as president of the City College of New York.

Florida State University Honors Its Choral Director With a Stained-Glass Window

Andre J. Thomas is the the Owen F. Sellers Professor of Music, director of choral activities, and a professor of choral music education at the university. For the past 25 years, he has served as director of the Tallahassee Community Chorus.

Syracuse University Professor Honored by the Society of Historical Archaeology

Theresa Singleton, associate professor of anthropology at Syracuse University in New York, is being honored for her lifetime of contributions to the field of historical archaeology through scholarship.

Elijah Anderson Honored by the American Sociological Association

Dr. Anderson, the William K. Lanman Professor of Sociology at Yale University, is one of the nation's leading urban ethnographers. Before coming to Yale in 2007, he taught at the University of Pennsylvania for more than 30 years.

Honors for Three African American Scholars

The honorees are Kevin Young of Emory University in Atlanta, Larry McCutcheon of Claflin University in South Carolina, and Murial Hawkins of Virginia State University.

Anna Deavere Smith to Receive the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize

The University Professor in the Department of Performance Studies in the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University was recognized with the award that honors trailblazers in the arts who have redefined their art and pushed the boundaries of excellence in their field. The prize comes with a $300,000 award.

University of Chicago Gives Out Its Diversity Leadership Awards

Michael Bennett, associate professor of sociology at DePaul University, received the award in the alumni category. Kim Ransom, director of the university's Collegiate Scholars Program won the award in the staff category.

Three Black Scholars Honored With Prestigious Awards

The honorees are Richard Wamai of Northeastern University in Boston, Karen Jackson-Weaver of Princeton University, and Howard Fuller of Marquette University in Milwaukee.

University of Southern Mississippi Scholar Wins Outstanding Achievement Award

Royal P. Walker Jr., executive director of the Institute for Disability Studies at the University of Southern Mississippi, is honored by the Association of University Centers on Disabilities.

Shawn Long Honored by the National Communication Association

Dr. Long is an associate professor and chair of the department of communication studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Yale Establishes Lectureship to Honor Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Philanthropists Joanna and Daniel Rose have donated funds to Yale University to create the Henry Louis Gates Jr. Lectures.

Mary Evans Sias Awarded an Honorary Degree from Central Michigan University

The 13th president of Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Dr. Sias was honored for being a "forward-thinking leader" and for her advocacy of higher education as chair of the board of directors of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

College Sophomore Honored for Her Work With Children Whose Parents Are in Prison

Olivia Stinson, a sophomore at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina, was recognized as a 2012 L'Oreal Paris International Woman of Worth for establishing a nonprofit organization that distributes books and other supplies to children whose parents are incarcerated.

University of Memphis VP Honored for Addressing Multicultural Issues in Psychology

Rosie Phillips Bingham, vice president of student affairs at the University of Memphis, was named Distinguished Elder by the National Multicultural Conference and Summit.

Stephanie Batiste Wins Book Prize From the Modern Language Association

An associate professor of English and Black studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara won the William Sanders Scarborough Prize for her book Darkening Mirrors: Imperial Representation in Depression-Era African American Performance.

Florida A&M University Professor Is on the Cutting Edge of HIV Research

Kinfe Ken Redda, professor of medicinal chemistry in the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Florida A&M University, has received a U.S. patent for the development of therapeutic agents for the treatment of HIV.

African American Student at Auburn University Wins Scholarship to Study Architecture in Turkey

Don'Neisha Clark, a senior at Auburn University in Alabama, has been selected to receive a Gilman Scholarship from the Institute for International Education. She will study architecture at Istanbul Technical University in Turkey.

Notable Awards to African Americans in Higher Education

Samaa Abdurraqib of Bowdoin College, Bobby Wilson of the University of Alabama, and the department of Afro-American studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have been selected for prestigious honors.

Virginia Tech Professor Honored by the National Council for Social Studies

Josiah Tlou, a native of Zimbabwe who is a professor emeritus of education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, was named Distinguished Global Scholar of the Year.

Elizabeth City State University Honors Alumni With the Naming of a Lecture Hall

Matthew Lewis has endowed a scholarship fund in his wife's memory and the university has named a lecture hall in the couple's honor.
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