Appointments & Awards

Fredda Carroll Named to Lead School of Education at the University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff

Dr. Carroll has been serving as interim dean at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and has 25 years experience as a professor of education at three universities.

Howard University Scholar Honored by the Congressional Black Caucus

Goulda Downer, an assistant professor of medicine, received the 2013 Health Brain Trust Leadership in Advocacy Award for her effort to train a clinical workforce to combat HIV/AIDS.

Three African American Scholars Taking on New Assignments

Kesha Williams was named director of digital marketing at Clemson University. Helen Giles-Gee was named to the board of the University City Science Center and Woodrow Whitlow Jr. was appointed executive-in-residence at Cleveland State University.

Two African Americans in New Roles at Washington State University

Paul Pitre was named the first academic dean at the the North Puget Sound campus and Lynne Varner was named associate vice president for public affairs.

Two Black Men in New Administrative Posts

Jerry Woods was named interim executive vice president at Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee, and Cameron J. Hall was named assistant director of annual giving at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Two Black Scholars Promoted and Granted Tenure at Williams College

The highly rated liberal arts institution Williams College has promoted and granted tenure to six faculty members. Two are Black, Rhon Manigault-Bryant and Neil Roberts.

Two African Americans in New Teaching Roles

Gertrude Fraser, vice provost for faculty recruitment and retention at the University of Virginia, is returning to teach full-time and Marisha Humphries was promoted at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Four Colleges and Universities Honored for Promoting Access for Minority Students

The inaugural Champions of Access and Success Award winners are Fayetteville State University, Florida State University, California State University, Northridge and Miami Dade College.

Two African Americans Named to Administative Posts

Joyce A. Ingram was named assistant vice president for human resources at Florida A&M University and Justin Pearson Sr. is the new director of admissions at South Carolina State University.

George Langford Named Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience at Syracuse University

Since 2008 Dr. George Langford has been dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University. He will take a one-year research sabbatical before taking on his new teaching role.

Phyllis Curtis-Tweed Takes on New Assignment in Bermuda

The Harvard-educated woman who is currently a dean at Oakland Community College in Michigan, will become the seventh principal of The Berkeley Institute, a highly selective preparatory school in Bermuda.

Carnegie Mellon Scholar Named to Board of a Major Foundation

Jendayi E. Frazer, Distinguished Public Service Professor and director of the Center for International Policy and Innovation at Carnegie Mellon, was elected to the board of directors of the MasterCard Foundation.

Five African Americans in New Administrative Posts at U.S. Universities

The appointees are Patricia A. Johnson at Lehigh University, Crystal Crockett at Virginia Tech, Ryann Randall at Ohio State, Joseph Taylor at Virginia Union University, and Andre Warner at The Lincoln University.

Spelman College President Receives Academic Leadership Award From the Carnegie Corporation

Beverly Daniel Tatum is the first college or university president in the state of Georgia and the first president of a historically Black college or university to win the award. The award comes with a $500,000 grant.

University of Vermont Sociologist Gets an Important New Assignment

Moustapha Diouf, an associate professor of sociology, has been named a special adviser to the prime minister of his native Senegal and president of a $540 million development fund.

Tricia Rose to Hold the 2014 Lund-Gill Chair at Dominican University

For the spring semester, Professor Tricia Rose will be on leave from her post as professor of Africana studies and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America at Brown University.

Five African Americans Appointed to New Higher Education Posts

The new appointees are Rodney McClendon at the University of California, Riverside, Georj Lewis at Armstrong Atlantic State, Jacqueline Jenkins at LIM College, Ingrid Hayes at Spelman College and Jerryl Briggs at Mississippi Valley State.

Erica Edwards Honored by the Modern Language Association

Erica Edwards, an associate professor of English at the University of California at Riverside, has been awarded the prestigious Williams Sanders Scarborough Prize for her book Charisma and the Fictions of Black Leadership.

Carla Wilson Named Athletics Director at the University of Missouri-Kansas City

She is the only woman athletics director in the Western Athletic Conference. Less than 9 percent of all athletics directors in the NCAA's Division I are women and only 4 percent are women of color.

Two Black Scholars Join the Art and Architecture Faculty at Brown University

Brown University has announced that there are 13 new faculty members in its humanities division this fall. Two of the new hires are Black: Courtney J. Martin and Itohan Osayimwese.

Florida Memorial University Trustee Elected Senate President in the Bahamas

Wilson is a 1971 graduate of Florida Memorial University and has been a member of the board of trustees since 1986. She holds a master's degree from the University of Miami and completed her legal studies in the Bahamas.

Three Black Scholars in New Teaching Roles

Nneka Logan is a new assistant professor of communication at Virginia Tech. Tamika La Salle has joined the education faculty at the University of Connecticut and Courtney Simons is teaching food science at Wright State University.

Historically Black Shaw University Honors Its Outgoing President

Dorothy Cowser Yancy, who will leave the presidency of Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, when a successor is named, has had a campus building named in her honor by the university's board of trustees.

Four African Americans in New Administrative Positions in Higher Education

The new appointees are Paula Edgar at the New York Law School, Renee A. Middleton of Ohio University, Sean Huddleston at Grand Valley State University, and Khalilah Shabazz at Indiana University/Purdue University Indianapolis.

Helene Dillard Named Dean at the University of California, Davis

The new dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at UC Davis, she has been serving as associate dean and director of the Cooperative Extension program at Cornell University.

Kiron Skinner to Lead the New Institute for Strategic Analysis at Carnegie Mellon University

The new institute will be involved with the university's consultation services with government defense, intelligence, and diplomatic officials in areas such as computer science, cybersecurity, robotics, and communications.

Marilou Allen and Olusegun Ojewuyi Win Awards

Marilou Allen is director of the Women’s Center at Haverford College in Pennsylvania and Olusegun Ojewuyi is an associate professor in the department of theater at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.

Two African American Women in New Administrative Leadership Posts

Dianthia Ford-Kee was named director of athletics at Mississippi Valley State University and Elizabeth Mosely-Hawkins was promoted to director of public relations at South Carolina State University.

Virginia Tech’s Bevlee Watford Spending Two Years at the National Science Foundation

The associate dean for academic affairs at the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, will be the program manager for broadening participation in the engineering education and centers division of the NSF.

National Bar Association Names an Award to Honor a West Virginia University Administrator

The Major General Kenneth D. Gray Excellence in Jurisprudence Award will recognize a leader, jurist, or practitioner who has exhibited distinctive and exemplary service to their community and or nation.

Harvard Business School Honors Its Black Alumnae

The new website honoring Black women graduates was established in conjunction with the 50th anniversary celebration of coeducation in the full-time MBA program at Harvard Business School.

Prairie View A&M Provost Is Stepping Down and Returning to the Classroom

E. Joahanne Thomas-Smith, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Prairie View A&M University in Texas, has announced that she will step down from these posts on August 31, 2014.

Prestigious Honors for Two African American Academics

Marie Chisholm-Burns dean of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, received a reward for her research and the late Julius Chambers received the Spirit of North Carolina Award.

Two Black Scholars Named to Teaching Posts

Albert Monroe was named visiting assistant professor of law at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, and James Tengatenga was appointed a presidential fellow at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Four African Men in New Leadership Positions in Higher Education

The new appointees are Stanley Donaldson Jr. at Norfolk State University, Kemel Dawkins at Michigan State University, Gerald Lewis at East Carolina University and Troy Riddle at the John Marshall Law School in Chicago.

Jacquelyn Bridgeman to Lead the College of Law at the University of Wyoming

Professor Bridgeman is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of Chicago Law School. She has served as associate dean of the University of Wyoming law school since 2010 and has been on the faculty since 2002.
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