Appointments & Awards

Two Black Scholars in New Teaching Roles

Eno E. Ebong is a new assistant professor of chemical engineering at Northeastern University in Boston and Lewis Gordon of the University of Connecticut was named the Nelson Mandela Visiting Professor at Rhodes University in South Africa.

Three African American Men in New Administrative Roles in Higher Education

James G. Lunnermon II and Walter W. Woods were given new posts at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Perry James Studevent Jr. was named director of student services at the medical school of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Change in the Provost’s Office at Tuskegee University

Luther S. Williams has retired as executive vice president and provost at Tuskegee University in Alabama. Walter A. Hill was promoted to provost.

The New Leaders of Multicultural Student Affairs at the University of South Carolina

Shalon Malone was named director of multicultural student affairs at the University of South Carolina and Nakai Strickland was named the assistant director.

The Catholic University Where 75 Percent of the Deans Are Black

The majority of the undergraduate student body at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio is Hispanic. But three of the university's four deans are Black.

Two Black Scholars in New Teaching Posts

Teresa I. Francis was named chair of the department of law and justice at the Pierce County campus of Central Washington University and Gilbert Ayuk was hired as an instructor in physics at Fulton Montgomery Community College.

Nine Black Academics Taking on New Administrative Roles

The new appointees are Monica Boyd, Stephen L. McDaniel, Alan Robertson Sr., Tanya Freeman, Tara A. Brooks, Brandon P. Brown, Marcus Clark, Ashiwel Undieh, and Scott Jackson Dantley.

Regina Benjamin Named to Endowed Chair at Xavier University

Regina Benjamin, the former surgeon general of the United States, has been appointed the inaugural NOLA.com/Times Picayune Endowed Chair in Public Health at Xavier University of Louisiana.

Patricia Hill Collins to Be Awarded the Gittler Prize

Patricia Hill Collins, a Distinguished University Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland at College Park, has been selected to receive the Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize from Brandeis University for outstanding scholarly contributions in the field of racial, ethnic, and religious relations.

Karen Weddle-West of the University of Memphis to Chair the GRE Board

Karen Weddle-West, dean of the Graduate School at the University of Memphis, was named chair-elect of the Graduate Record Examination Board. Dr. Weddle-West also serves as vice provost for academic affairs and director of diversity initiatives at the University of Memphis.

Paine College Names Co-Deans for the Office of Student Affairs

Reginald B. Beaty and Tony L. Owens were appointed as co-deans of student affairs of the historically Black college in Augusta, Georgia. Both men co-founded the Foundation for Educational Success.

Three Black Men Named to Teaching Posts

Henry N. Young was appointed to an endowed chair at the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy. Chapurukha Kusimba was named chair of the anthropology department at American University and Ronald Dellums will be teaching at Howard University.

Seven African American in New Administrative Positions in Higher Education

The new appointees are Paquita Davis-Friday at Baruch College, William Elum at the University of Massachusetts, E. Edward Rhodes II at Alcorn State, April Rhinehardt at Shaw University, Nicole Price at Suffolk University, Craig Burgess at South Carolina State, and Stacy Sowell at Shaw University.

University of Kansas Historian Wins Prestigious Book Prize

Randal Jelks, associate professor of American studies and African American studies at the University of Kansas, has been awarded the 2013 Lillian Smith Book Award for his biography of long-time Morehouse College president Benjamin Elijah Mays.

City College of New York Appoints Two African Americans to High-Level Positions

At City College of New York, Deidra Hill was appointed vice president for communication and marketing and Michele Baptiste was named dean of diversity, compliance, and faculty relations.

Eight African Americans in New Administrative Posts at Delaware State University

The new appointees at Delaware State University in Dover are Saundra F. DeLauder, Stacy L. Downing, Alankato D. Cobb, Marsha T. Horton, Ebony M. Ramsey, Michael A. boone, Erin Hill, and Pamela Adams.

An Endowed Scholarship Fund Honors Three Pioneering Emory Professors

The Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta has established an endowed scholarship program to provide financial aid for students in its Black Church Studies Program.

A Trio of Black Scholars in New Teaching Posts

Melody Howard-Clark joins the faculty at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee. Fred Walumbwa moves from Arizona State University to Florida International University and Derek S. Hicks was appointed assistant professor at the Wake Forest University School of Divinity.

Six African Americans Taking on New Roles in Higher Education

Those appointed to new positions are Nicole Roach at Webster University, Ronyelle Ricard at Southern University, Laurie Giles at Eastern Nazarene College, Marilyn Kershaw at the University of Cincinnati, Lason Hines at Prairie View A&M University, and Terrell L. Strayhorn at Ohio State University.

Two Black Scientists Named Fellows of the American Chemical Society

The American Chemical Society recently named its new class of fellows for 2013. Of the 96 new fellows, it appears that only two are African Americans. They will be inducted as fellows at the ACS annual meeting in Indianapolis on September 9.

Dana Brooks Appointed to Third Term as Dean at West Virginia University

Dana D. Brooks was named interim dean of what is now the College of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences in 1992 and appointed dean a year later. He continues to teach both undergraduate and graduate courses at the university.

South African Scholar Is the First International Winner of the Spendlove Prize

Jonathan D. Jansen, vice chancellor of the University of the Free State, was named the recipient of the 2013 Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance, awarded by the University of California at Merced.

Harvard-Trained Doctor Named to Head United Nations Effort on HIV/AIDS in Africa

Dr. Speciosa Wandira-Kasibwe is a senior adviser to the president of Uganda on population and health. From 1993 to 2004, she served as vice president of Uganda, the first woman in Africa to hold such a position.

Paine College Makes Two Major Appointments to Its Leadership Team

The historically Black college in Augusta, Georgia, announced that Samuel Sullivan was appointed provost and vice president of academic affairs and Edward Patrick was named vice president of administrative and fiscal affairs.

A Half Dozen African Americans in New Administrative Posts in Higher Education

The six new appointees are Sonja A. Bennett at South Carolina State, Tracie Hunter at Elizabeth City State, Kimberly Conway Dumpson at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Floyd Hardin at Michigan State, Ferlin McGaskey at the University of Tennessee and Joshua Woodfork at Skidmore College.

The New Dean of Applied Science and Technology at Thomas Edison State College

John O. Aje has been serving as associate dean of the University of Maryland University College Graduate School in Adelphi. He also was a professor and chair of the department of technology and engineering systems.

Emory University Professor Wins Book Award

Kevin Young, the Atticus Haygood Professor of Creative Writing at Emory University in Atlanta, has won the 2013 PEN Open Book Award from the PEN American Center. The Harvard University graduate is the author of seven collections of poetry.

University of Tennessee Professor Named the Physician of the Year

Samuel Dagogo-Jack, professor of medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, has been chosen as the Physician of the Year in internal medicine by the National Medical Association.

Two Black Scholars Taking on New Faculty Roles

Catherine R. Bazemore-Walker is a new tenured associate professor of chemistry at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina and James L. Moore III was named Distinguished Professor of Urban Education at Ohio State University.

Texas Tech Scholar Named Teacher of the Year in Spanish and Portuguese

Comfort Pratt, professor of bilingual education and diversity studies at Texas Tech University, was named the Outstanding Teacher of the Year at the college and university level by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.

Three African Americans in New Administrative Posts in Higher Education

The new appointees are Keeley M. Powell at the University of Delaware, Clifford Russell at Morehouse College in Atlanta, and Aaron James at Grambling State University in Louisiana.

Co-Inventor of the Personal Computer to Join the University of Tennessee Faculty

Mark Dean, who holds three of the nine patents associated with the first PC, was named the John Fisher Distinguished Professor in the department of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

Three African American Women Named to Diversity Posts

Crystal Ann Williams at Bates College, Mia Mallory at the College of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati, and Kim LeDuff of the University of West Florida were named to lead their institution's diversity initiatives.

Virginia Tech Appoints Two African Americans to Student Affairs Positions

Sharrika Davis was appointed interim director of multicultural programs and services and Byron Hughes was named interim director of fraternity and sorority life at the university.

Two African American Women Win Academic Awards

Crystal Sanders, an assistant professor of history at Penn State, won two awards for her doctoral dissertation on Black women in Mississippi and Sylvaia Schell of the University of Georgia was honored for her work to promote diversity in international education.

The New Chaplain at Xavier University of Louisiana

Etido Jerome is the new chaplain at Xavier University, a historically Black educational institution in New Orleans that is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church.
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