Appointments, Promotions, and Resignations
Here is this week's personnel news on African Americans in higher education.
Honors and Awards
A summary of this week's significant awards bestowed on blacks in higher education.
New Director of the Black Culture Center at Indiana University
Stephanie Power-Carter is an associate professor at the School of Education.
Kwame Dawes Named Editor of the Literary Journal, Prairie Schooner
He will also teach English at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
Appointments and Promotions
Here is news of eight appointments of African Americans to positions in higher education.
Honors and Awards
Gilbert Rochon and Sylvester Neal are honored for their achievements.
Eight African Americans in New Administrative Positions in Higher Education
Here is news of African Americans who are assuming new posts at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Three Black Scholars Named to New Faculty Positions
Olufunmilayo Arewa, Walter Allen Bennett Jr. and Christine Thorpe begin new teaching duties.
Honors and Awards
Four black scholars receive acclaim.
Two Black Scholars Named Fellows at Stanford’s CCSRE
Cherene Sherrard-Johnson and Barrymoore Bogues will spend the year at the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity.
Three Black Scholars Named to Prestigious Fellowships
Tyrone Forman, Joseph Youngblood II, and Wizdom Powell Hammond are honored with fellowships.
African Americans Named to Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Seven black administrators are taking on new duties at colleges and universities across the nation.
New Faculty Appointments for African Americans in Higher Education
David Mitchell, Gwen Tompkins, Crystal Gadegbeku, and Jodi Black are appointed to new teaching posts.
A New Dean of Engineering at the University of California at Irvine
Gregory Washington was on the engineering faculty at Ohio State University.
Phylicia Rashad Is the Inaugural Holder of the Denzel Washington Chair at Fordham University
Denzel Washington made a $2,225,000 contribution to his alma mater to fund the chair and a scholarship program.
Four Black Scholars Named to New Posts
Thomas Parham, Sheridan Quarles Kingsberry, Billy Thomas, and Stacey Close have been assigned to new administrative positions.
Honors and Awards
Thomas H. Epps, Michael "Doc" Woods, and Ernest G. Green are honored.
A New Dean at Spelman College
Sociologist Dimeji Togunde held an endowed chair at Albion College in Michigan.
Tuskegee University Makes Three Major Appointments
Virgil Ecton, Darryl Crompton, and Tamara Young Lee are named to vice president positions.
Faculty News
Tony Gaskew is promoted and Nwadiuto Esiobu wins a State Department fellowship.
Two African-American Women Appointed to New Administrative Positions
The University of California Davis hires Karen Denise Howard and Muriel Hawkins is a new VP at Virginia State.
Two Black Public Health Scholars Join the Faculty of the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
The Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee has added eight new faculty members this fall. Two of the new assistant professors are black.
Rukeia Draw-Hood Named to Head 4-H at Prairie View A&M University
She had directed the 4-H community center at Michigan State University.
Howard University Honors Samuel F. Yette, Former Professor and Journalist
Professor Yette, who died this past January, taught journalism at Howard from 1972 to 1986.
Tonya Peeples Rewarded for Service to the University of Iowa Community
The professor of chemical and biochemical engineering wins award for faculty excellence in service.
Albert Okunade Honored for Service to the University of Memphis
Economics professor wins the Suzanne Downs Palmer Award and a $10,000 prize.
Two African-American Women in New Administrative Posts
Monique Field and Jerolyn Chapman Navarro are serving in new positions.
Honors and Awards
Marie Chisholm-Burns, Michael and Libby Johnson, and M. Christopher Brown receive honors.
Miles College President Named to Federal Panel
He will advise the secretary of education on issues relating to accreditation of higher education institutions.
Bridget Terry Long Named Chair of the Board of Directors of the Institute of...
She leads the board that oversees the research arm of the Department of Education.
One of America’s Top College Role Models
Amber Koonce of the University of North Carolina started a nonprofit organization to distribute dolls around the world.
Two Black Physicians Join the Faculty at the Howard University College of Medicine
Majorie Warren and Dapo Ojeyemi are among eight new faculty appointments.
Boston College Professor Wins St. Elizabeth Seton Medal
M. Shawn Copeland wins awards recognizing distinguished women in theology.
Honors and Awards
Four African Americans who were honored for their achievements in higher education.
Theaster Gates Is Leading the Effort to Strengthen Ties Between the University of Chicago...
Gates has been on the faculty at the University of Chicago since 2007.
HEAL Africa Wins the $1 Million Opus Prize
HEAL Africa has established 31 safe houses for women who have been victims of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
