Appointments & Awards

Twins Named Co-Valedictorians at Spelman College

Kirstie and Kristie Bronner both achieved perfect 4.0 grade point averages while earning bachelor's degrees in music. Both their mother and grandmother are Spelman College alumnae.

Florida A&M University Hires a New Director of Bands

After the death of drum major Robert Champion in an alleged hazing incident in late 2011, Florida A&M University suspended all activities of its famous Marching 100 band. The suspension is still in place but Sylvester Young has been hired as the new director.

City College of New York to Rename School to Honor Colin Powell

The Colin L. Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership will include several academic departments including anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, and sociology. In addition, the school will include academic programs in Black studies, women's studies, and Latin American and Latino studies.

Ralph Eubanks Named Editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review

Since 1995. Eubanks has worked for the Library of Congress, most recently as director of publishing. There he has supervised the publication of more than 80 works of nonfiction.

Florida A&M University Professor to Lead the Marketing Management Association

Roscoe Hightower, professor of marketing in the School of Business and Industry at Florida A&M University, was named president-elect of the Marketing Management Association.

Trevor Dawes Appointed Associate University Librarian at Washington University

From 2004 to 2013 Dawes was circulation services director at the Princeton University Library. From 1988 to to 2004 he held several supervisory positions at Columbia University Libraries.

New Leader for the Institute on Race and Ethnicity at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock

Since 1999 Dr. Michael Twyman has been director of grant programs for the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust in Indianapolis. Dr. Twyman also serves on the board of the Indiana Humanities Council. He will begin his new role on August 12.

Hamilton College Scholar Appointed to the Editorial Board of a New Journal on Race

Nigel Westmaas, an assistant professor of Africana studies at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, has been appointed to the editorial board of The Journal of Race and Global Social Change.

Charles Robinson III Promoted to Vice Chancellor at the University of Arkansas

Dr. Robinson is a professor of history at the university and has been serving as vice provost for diversity affairs. He begins his new role on July 1.

Long Island University Professor Wins Excellence in Teaching Award

Michael J.K. Bokor, assistant professor of English at Long Island University in New York, is the first African scholar to serve as a full-time faculty member in the university’s English department since the establishment of LIU in 1926.

Three Black Administrators Taking on New Assignments in Higher Education

Lisa McBride is chief diversity officer at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Carlton Young was named assistant dean at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine and Dickens Mathieu was appointed senior vice president and general counsel at Syracuse University.

Soledad O’Brien Named Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Harvard for the 2013-14 Academic Year

Emmy Award-winning journalist Soledad O'Brien was named a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education where she will explore a wide variety of topics related to public education in America.

Two Emory University Faculty Members Earn Important New Assignments

Leon Haley Jr., associate professor of emergency medicine, was named to an advisory council of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Michael Leo Owens, associate professor of political science, was chosen as chair of the governing board of the Urban Affairs Association.

Two African Americans in New Faculty Roles

The Black scholars in new teaching positions are Eric Bing at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and Jonathan Holloway at Yale.

Two Black Scholars Honored With Prestigious Awards

This October, Ngugi wa Thiong'o will be presented with the University of California Irvine Medal for his service to the university. Velma McBride Murry of Vanderbilt University was honored by the Society for Research in Child Development.

Three African American Scholars Named to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education

Paquita Davis-Friday was named executive director of graduate programs at the business school of Baruch College in New York. Martin McCrory was named associate vice president and vice provost at Indiana University in Bloomington and Anthony Troy Adams was named interim dean at Alabama State University.

Vice Admiral Mel Williams Jr. Named Senior Associate Dean at George Washington University

Williams is a retired vice admiral of the U.S. Navy where he was a nuclear submarine commander. The former associate deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Emergy will oversee military and veterans initiatives at George Washington University in the nation's capital.

Patrice D. Rankine Promoted to Full Professor at Purdue University

Professor Rankine is a graduate of Brooklyn College, part of the City University of New York system. He holds two master's degrees and a Ph.D. in classical language and literature from Yale University. He has been on the Purdue faculty since 1998.

Two African American Scholars Honored With Prestigious Awards

Franklin D. Cleckley was honored by West Virginia University where he has taught for 44 years and Donna Y. Ford of Vanderbilt University won the Faculty Achievement Award from the Southeastern Conference.

Four African Americans Appointed to New Administrative Positions in Higher Education

The appointees are Bridget Ross at Prairie View A&M, Kimberly Edwards-Hunter at the University of Montevallo, Laleta Davis-Mattis at the University of the West Indies, and Dominic Mack at the Morehouse School of Medicine.

The Inaugural Winner of a Book Award in African American Art History

Bridget R. Cooks, an associate professor of art history and African American studies at the University of California Irvine, was honored by the Driskell Center at the University of Maryland College Park.

Harvard Medical School Faculty Member Embarks on a Second Career as a Children’s Author

Oneeka Williams, a surgeon who is on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, has recently published her first children's book that leads young children to the far reaches of the solar system. Dr. Williams is a native of Guyana and was raised in Barbados.

Jackson State University Names Center for Late State Senator

Alice Varnado Harden, a graduate of Jackson State University, was the first Black woman to serve in the Mississippi State Senate. She served for 24 years in the state legislature.

Honors for Three African American Scholars

The honorees are Donna Y. Ford, professor of education at Vanderbilt, William Hamilton, sports information director at South Carolina State University, and Andrea Hairston, professor of theatre and Afro-American studies at Smith College.

Two African American Men in New Administrative Roles in Higher Education

Irvin T. Clark III was named vice president for student affairs at Georgia Piedmont Technical College in Clarkson and Major General Abraham J. Turner was appointed director of military and veterans affairs at South Carolina State University.

Eric Jack Named Dean of the Business School at the University of Alabama Birmingham

Dr. Jack is an associate professor in the department of management, information systems, and quantitative methods and has been serving as interim dean since October.

David H. Jackson Jr. Named President of the Southern Conference on African American Studies

Dr. Jackson, the author or editor of several scholarly books, is chair of the department of history, political science, public administration, geography and African American studies at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee.

University of Rochester Honors Jessye Norman

Norman will receive the honorary degree at a benefit concert in Rochester for Action for a Better Community. a community action agency that promotes and provides opportunities for low-income individuals and families to become self-sufficient.

Otha Burton Jr. to Lead the New Institute of Government at Jackson State University

The former chief administrative officer for the city of Jackson, Dr. Burton joined the faculty at Jackson State in 2006 as an associate professor and associate dean in the university's School of Policy and Planning.

Kezia Page Named to an Endowed Chair at Colgate University

Dr. Page joined the faculty at Colgate in 2003. She is a graduate of the University of the West Indies and holds a master's degree and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Miami.

Bucknell University’s Shara McCallum Named a Witter Bynner Fellow

Professor McCallum will receive a $10,000 prize and had the opportunity to read her poetry at the Library of Congress this week to open National Poetry Month.

Two African Americans Awarded Gilliam Fellowships

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has chosen nine students for its 2013 Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study. The students receive $46,500 per year, for up to four years, for doctoral studies in the life sciences. Two of nine fellows are African Americans.

CalTech’s Stephen Mayo Appointed to the National Science Board

Professor Mayo joined the faculty at CalTech in 1991 and for a time was the only African American on the university's faculty. From 2007 to 2010, he served as CalTech's vice provost for research.

Tekla Ali Johnson’s Book Honored by the National Council on Black Studies

Dr. Ali Johnson is an assistant professor of history at Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was honored with the award for outstanding scholarly publication in Africana studies for her book on Ernest Chambers.

Derrick Gragg Named Vice President and Director of Athletics at the University of Tulsa

For the past seven years, Gragg, who holds a doctorate in higher education administration from the University of Arkansas, has been the director of intercollegiate athletics at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti.

Langston Fitzgerald Wins The Kennedy Center/ Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award

He is a professor of trumpet at Pennsylvania State University but was nominated for the award by a master's degree student of his when he taught at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
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