Appointments & Awards

Two Black Scholars in New Teaching Roles

LaFleur Stephens will join the Princeton faculty next summer as an assistant professor of politics. Chapurukha Kusimba is the new chair of the department of anthropology at American University in Washington, D.C.

Nontombi Naomi Tutu Wins Social Justice Award

Nontombi Naomi Tutu, a student at the Vanderbilt University Divinity School and daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, received the Otis Social Justice Award from Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts.

Nathan Stephens to Direct Multicultural Initiatives at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Nathan Stephens is the new director of the Center for Inclusive Excellence at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. For the past six years, he was the senior coordinator of the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center at the University of Missouri in Columbia.

Two Black Scholars Join the Sickle Cell Disease Research Team at the University of Pittsburgh

The University of Pittsburgh has announced the addition of two scholars to its Sickle Cell Disease Program. Laura De Castro was a professor of hematology at Duke University and Solomon Ofori-Acquah was a professor of pediatrics at Emory University.

Roderick McDavis to Chair the Ohio Higher Education Funding Commission

Roderick J. McDavis, president of Ohio University in Athens, will lead the commission as it recommends priority needs for the 37 public colleges and universities in the state.

Two Black Women in New Teaching Roles

L. Ebony Boulware was appointed chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine at Duke University. Kemba Clapp is a new assistant professor of radiology at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine.

Three African Americans in New Administrative Posts at HBCUs

Cherita Weatherspoon was named head of University College at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. Sunya Young is a new vice president at South Carolina State University and Robert W. McGlotten Jr. was named government liaison at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Michelle DePass to Lead the Milano School at The New School

DePass has been serving as assistant administrator for international and tribal affairs at the Environmental Protection Agency. Prior to joining the EPA, DePass was a program officer for the Ford Foundation.

Two African Americans Join the Faculty at Lehigh University

Lehigh University, the highly rated national university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has 27 new faculty members on campus this fall. Of the 27 new appointees, two are African Americans, Monica R. Miller and Darius Omar Williams.

Towson University Scholar Honored by the National Institutes of Health

Sharon Jones-Eversley, an assistant professor of family studies, has been honored with the distinguished PRIDE Award. PRIDE is an acronym for the Program to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research.

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.
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