Program Seeks to Increase the Diversity of Neuroscience Faculty
The Broadening the Representation of Academic Investigations in Neuroscience (BRAINS) program will feature a three-day seminar this coming January on Bainbridge Island in Washington.
A Large Racial Gap Persists in Faculty Posts in American Higher Education
The racial gap is especially pronounced at the full professor level where only 3.4 percent of all posts are held by Blacks.
Two Faculty Appointments of Note
Cornel West was named professor emeritus at Princeton and Ousame Kane was named to an endowed chair at Harvard Divinity School.
Florida A&M University Professor Receives a U.S. Patent for Infection-Fighting Drug
Seth Y. Ablordeppey, a professor in the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, has received a U.S. patent for modifications he made to the drug Cryptolepine.
African American Faculty News
Sue Houchins was awarded tenure. Maryemma Graham was named a University Distinguished Professor. Carlos Minor joins the faculty at Northwestern Oklahoma and M. Bernadette Carter was named professor emerita.
Cornell University Debuts A New Diversity Website
The new website includes a discussion on the history of diversity efforts, provides demographic statistics on students and faculty, and listings of where to go for help or additional information.
Howard University Names Its New Provost
Wayne A.I. Frederick has been serving as professor of surgery, director of the Howard University Cancer Center, and interim deputy provost for health sciences at the university.
Athens State University Scholar Develops Diversity Enrichment Program for Teacher Education
Project DESIGN (Diversity Educators Sharing in a Global Network) seeks to prepare teachers for increasingly diverse classrooms in the nation's schools.
Two Faculty Appointments of Note
Derek M. Griffith joins the faculty at Vanderbilt University and Thomas Epps III is named to an endowed chair at the University of Delaware.
Faculty News: Two African American Scholars Taking on New Roles
Tyrone Porter was promoted at Boston University and Myra Sabir will assume a faculty position at Binghamton University.
African American Faculty News
Kristi Isaac Rapp was promoted at Xavier University in New Orleans and William Adams Jr. will be teaching at Albany State University.
A Milestone Appointment in Mathematics at Howard University
This fall Talitha Washington will become the second Black woman to hold a tenured position as an associate professor of mathematics at Howard University.
The New Director of The Design School at Arizona State University
Currently, Craig Barton is an associate professor of architecture at the University of Virginia.
Dorothy Roberts Is the Newest PIK Professor at the University of Pennsylvania
For the past 14 years, Professor Roberts has been on the faculty at Northwestern University School of Law.
None of the Princeton Review’s “300 Best Professors” Teaches at an HBCU
One wonders why there is not one professor from Spelman, Howard, Morehouse, Fisk, or Hampton or some other HBCU on the list.
Columbia Earmarks $30 Million to Increase the Diversity of Its Faculty
Columbia University has made significant strides in increasing the racial diversity of its undergraduate student body. Now there is a new plan to increase the diversity of Columbia's faculty.
The PhD Project Moves AHEAD
The nonprofit, which has been successful in increasing the number of minority professors at business schools, sets its sights on increasing diversity in administrative posts.
Three Black Men Named to Prestigious Faculty Posts
Marcus C. Bruce at Bates College, Gene A. Jarrett at Boston University, and Stephon H.S. Alexander at Dartmouth College are named to important teaching positions.
Davidson College Issues Statement Reaffirming Its Commitment to Diversity
Davidson College, the highly rated liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina, has issued a statement reaffirming the college's commitment to promoting diversity in its student body, faculty, and staff.
African American Faculty News
Tariq al-Jamil was promoted at Swarthnore College and Sandra Waller Sheton was appointed to a named chair at DePaul University.
After More Than a Century, W.E.B. Du Bois Is Named to a Faculty Post...
Despite a Ph.D. from Harvard and groundbreaking research on sociology and race in the final years of the nineteenth century, W.E.B. Du Bois was not offered a faculty position at the University of Pennsylvania.
Two African American Professors Receive the National Medal of Arts
Rita Dove of the University of Virginia and Andre Watts of Indiana University were recognized at a White House ceremony.
Cornell University Outlines a New Agenda on Diversity
President David Skorton is mounting a concerted effort to increase diversity among students, staff, and faculty and to create better opportunities for veterans and the disabled.
Daniel Aldridge Promoted to Full Professor at Davidson College
A former public defender, he returned to school to obtain a Ph.D. in history at Emory University.
The University of Phoenix Is a Pillar of African American Higher Education
Blacks make up 17.7 percent of undergraduate students, 22 percent of graduate students, and 18.6 percent of the faculty.
Myrlie Evers-Williams Named Scholar-in-Residence at Alcorn State University
The civil rights icon will teach, prepared her papers for the university's archives, and develop a research center on social justice and civic engagement.
New Princeton University Committee Aims to Identify Ways to Enhance Diversity
The committee will develop recommendations for strategies to attract people of color and women to positions in which they have historically been underrepresented.
Brad Braxton Named to Endowed Chair at SMU
A former Rhodes Scholar, he has held teaching positions at Vanderbilt University and Wake Forest University.
Two Black Scholars Named to Endowed Chairs
Fred Bonner at Rutgers and Joseph Ofori-Dankwa at Saginaw Valley State are appointed to named chairs.
Tulane Professor Lands a TV Gig
Melissa Harris-Perry will host a weekend morning show on MSNBC.
Brown University’s Newest Black Faculty
Chanelle Howe and Kym Moore are new assistant professors at Brown.
Hope Lewis Is Honored by the American Bar Association
The Northeastern University law professor is recognized for her work for the advancement of women in the field of international law.
University of Delaware Mounts Effort to Increase Racial Diversity
Blacks are just 5 percent of the undergraduate student body and 4 percent of the faculty but 21 percent of the state's population.
Two African Africans Named to New Faculty Posts
Jemima Pierre and Curtis Everett Powell are named to new faculty positions.
Two African Americans to Join the Faculty at the University of Kansas
Jennifer Hamer and Clarence Lang both taught at the University of Illinois.
Are Black Scholars on the Wrong Track?
In a recent article on his website, Dr. Boyce Watkins of Syracuse University questions whether black scholars should limit themselves to teaching at predominantly white universities.
