Cornel West to Return to Union Theological Seminary
Dr. Serene Jones, president of Union Theological Seminary, called Professor West, "the leading public theologian of our age."
Two Notable Appointments at North Carolina A&T State University
Bonnie Newman Davis is named to an endowed chair and Linda Silver Coley was appointed head of a department.
North Park University Professor Wins Elective Office
Terry Lindsay will serve on the school board in Des Plaines, Illinois.
Faculty News
Tony Gaskew is promoted and Nwadiuto Esiobu wins a State Department fellowship.
Two Black Public Health Scholars Join the Faculty of the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
The Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee has added eight new faculty members this fall. Two of the new assistant professors are black.
Phylicia Rashad Is the Inaugural Holder of the Denzel Washington Chair at Fordham University
Denzel Washington made a $2,225,000 contribution to his alma mater to fund the chair and a scholarship program.
Three Black Scholars Named to Prestigious Fellowships
Tyrone Forman, Joseph Youngblood II, and Wizdom Powell Hammond are honored with fellowships.
Three Black Scholars Named to New Faculty Positions
Olufunmilayo Arewa, Walter Allen Bennett Jr. and Christine Thorpe begin new teaching duties.
Two Black Scholars Named Fellows at Stanford’s CCSRE
Cherene Sherrard-Johnson and Barrymoore Bogues will spend the year at the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity.
The Racial Gap in Dental School Faculty Is Hard to Swallow
In the entire country in 2007-08 academic year, there were only 42 tenured African-American faculty members in U.S. dental schools.
