Appointments & Awards

Honors & Awards

Honors and Awards for Five African Americans With Ties to Academia

Appointments & Awards

Six African Americans Appointed to New Administrative Positions in Higher Education

Honors & Awards

Julian Randall Selected to Receive the 2017 Cave Canem Award in Poetry

Honors & Awards

A Historical Marker at the University of Alabama Honors Autherine Lucy Foster

African-American History

University of Virginia School of Medicine Honors an Early Black Graduate

Honors & Awards

College of Business Administration at Alabama State University Named for Former Dean

Appointments & Awards

New Black Faculty at the Arizona State University College of Law

Appointments & Awards

New Duties in the Academic World for Eight Black Faculty Members

Honors & Awards

Darlene Clark Hine Receives Lifetime Achievement Award From the Southern Historical Association

Appointments & Awards

Five African Americans Taking on New Administrative Duties in Higher Education

Appointments & Awards

Fallou Ngom Named Director of the African Studies Center at Boston University

Appointments & Awards

Former College President Johnnetta Cole Taking on a New Assignment

Honors & Awards

Natasha Trethewey Wins the $250,000 Heinz Award in Arts and Humanities

Appointments & Awards

Four African Americans Named to New Administrative Positions at State Universities

Appointments & Awards

Sheilah Paul to Lead the New School of Education at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn

Appointments & Awards

Four Black Scholars Taking on New Roles or Responsibilities in Higher Education

Appointments & Awards

Charity Hudley Named to an Endowed Chair at the University of California, Santa Barbara

Appointments & Awards

New Administrative Roles for Eight African Americans in Higher Education

Honors & Awards

Gloria Chuku Receives the 2017 Ali Mazrui Award for Scholarship and Research Excellence

Appointments & Awards

Marsha Horton Serving as Dean at Delaware State University in Dover

Appointments & Awards

Four African American Women Scholars Taking on New Roles in Academia

Honors & Awards

Ophelia Weeks Named Professor Emerita at Florida International University

Appointments & Awards

Three Black Scholars Appointed to Notable Professorships at American Universities

Appointments & Awards

Four African Americans Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education

Honors & Awards

Stillman College Scholar Shares a Screenwriting Award

Appointments & Awards

The New Director of the Black Film Center/Archive at Indiana University

Appointments & Awards

New Leadership for the Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins University

Honors & Awards

Alvia Wardlaw Honored by the Association of African American Museums

Appointments & Awards

Black Scholar at the California College of the Arts Returning to Her Roots

Appointments & Awards

Seven Black Faculty Members in New Roles in Academia

Appointments & Awards

Seven African Americans Named to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education

Books

Cornell University Historian Russell Rickford Wins the Hooks National Book Award

Honors & Awards

Black Scholar to Be Honored by the American Meteorological Society

Appointments & Awards

Two African American Men Appointed to New Faculty Posts

Books

Dartmouth’s Rashauna Johnson Is a Finalist for the Frederick Douglass Book Prize

Appointments & Awards

Six African Americans Taking on New Administrative Duties in Higher Education

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Breaking News

American-Born Layli Maparyan Appointed President of the University of Liberia

Breaking News
Dr. Maparyan, a distinguished academic and prolific scholar, had been serving as the executive director of the Wellesley Centers for Women and a professor of African Studies at Wellesley College in Massachusetts.

Kyle Farmbry Has Resigned as President of Guilford College in North Carolina

Breaking News
Before being named the first African American president of Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina in 2022, Dr. Farmbry served as a professor of public administration in the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University in Newark.

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