Two African Americans Named to Endowed Chairs
Filmmaker Julie Dash is spending the current semester in an endowed chair in media at Wayne State University. Kevin B. Johnson, who has served on the faculty at Vanderbilt University since 2002, has been named the Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor.
The University of the District of Columbia Is Cutting Nearly 100 Faculty and Staff
The historically Black educational institution in our nation's capital, has announced that it has eliminated 69 faculty and staff positions and that an additional 28 staff positions would be cut over the next several days. The cuts are projected to save the university $8.5 million annually.
Snail-Like Progress in Increasing Black Faculty at Stanford University
While the number of Black faculty increased by six over the past decade, in 2001, Blacks made up 2.6 percent of the university’s faculty, the same percentage as was the case a decade later in 2011.
Three African Americans in New Teaching Positions
Lois Brown was granted tenure at Wesleyan University. Jeffrey Redding is teaching choral conducting at West Virginia University and Loretta J. Ross is activist-in-residence at Smith College.
Two Women Named Department Chairs at Jackson State University
Tamika Bradley leads the department of health, physical education, and recreation and Ruby Wiggins was appointed chair of the department of special education.
Two African American Scholars Named to Endowed Chairs
Barbara Guthrie was named the Independence Foundation Professor of Nursing at Yale University and H. Richard Milner IV was appointed to the Dr. Helen S. Faison Chair in Urban Education at the University of Pittsburgh.
Former New York Governor David Paterson to Teach at Touro College
Paterson, the only African American governor in the history of New York State, will serve as a distinguished professor of health care and public policy at the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Harlem.
A Report Card on Racial Diversity at Louisiana State University
In the fall of 2012, Blacks were 10.6 percent of the student body and 3.4 percent of the faculty at the flagship state university. Much work needs to be done. African Americans make up close to a third of the Louisiana population.
Two African American Scholars Assume New Teaching Posts
Lisa Bowleg is a new associate professor of psychology at George Washington University and William Jelani Cobb has joined the history department faculty at the University of Connecticut as an associate professor.
Craig Cameron Named to an Endowed Chair at Penn State
Professor Cameron joined the Penn State faculty in 1997. His research focuses on the development of strategies to treat or to prevent infections by RNA viruses.
Tuskegee University Faculty Member Wins UNCF/Mellon Faculty Residency Fellowship
Dr. Eleanor Blount will spend the fall semester studying the Alice Walker papers at Emory University. She is conducting research on the effects of racism and sexism on African American women writers.
Jennifer Joe Named to an Endowed Chair at the University of Delaware
Currently, she is an associate professor of accounting at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University. She previously taught at the Carroll School of Management at Boston College.
Three African American Men in New University Faculty Roles
Harvey Felder joined the music department and this fall Preston Green III will hold an endowed chair in the College of Education at the University of Connecticut. James Holden, an assistant professor of music, was named interim director of bands at Virginia State University.
Astrophysicist John Johnson Leaving CalTech for Harvard
In a blog post, Dr. Johnson wrote, "At Caltech, over the 3.5 years that I've been there I've come to recognize a fundamental mismatch between what I value and what the institute values."
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.
Duke’s Efforts to Diversify Its Faculty Over the Past Quarter-Century
From 1993 to today the number of Blacks teaching at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, has increased from 44 to 138. Today, Blacks are 4.25 percent of the university's total faculty.
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.
Faculty Senate at the University of Michigan Calls for Greater Student Diversity
In a resolution passed by a vote of 28-9, the faculty senate at the University of Michigan called on the administration to focus on increasing the diversity of the student body. Today, Blacks make up 5 percent of the student body, compared to 8.8 percent in 2001.
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.
Blacks Are Only a Tiny Percentage of U.S. Medical School Faculty
Of the 137,798 medical school faculty members in the United States in 2011, only 3,952, or 2.9 percent, were Black. Blacks were only 1.4 percent of the full professors at U.S. medical schools.
Three Black Scholars in New Faculty Posts
The scholars in new teaching roles are Sheretta Butler-Barnes at Washington University in St. Louis, Hilton Kelly at Davidson College in North Carolina, and William Nganje at North Dakota State University.
Frances Henderson Is the First African American Woman Granted Tenure at Maryville College
She is the first African American woman to be granted tenure at the college in its 194-year history. Dr. Henderson has been teaching political science at the college for the past six years and she is now the only African American on the college's faculty.
David Adewuyi Promoted to Full Professor at Virginia Union University
Professor Adewuyi also serves as director of the Center for International Studies and coordinator of the Secondary Education Program at the university. He came to Virginia Union in 2009 after teaching at Albany State University in Georgia.
Three African American Women in New Faculty Roles
Vera A. Stevens Chatman was named professor emerita after serving on the Vanderbilt University faculty since 1995. S. Yvette Murphy-Erby was promoted to full professor at the University of Arkansas and Eboni Marshall Turman joins the faculty at Duke Divinity School.
Three African American Men in New Faculty Roles
Albert Bimper Jr., a former NFL player, joins the faculty at Colorado State University. J. Marshall Shepherd is named to an endowed chair at the University of Georgia and James Martin is appointed chair of the department of civil engineering at Clemson University.
Three African American Scholars in New Faculty Roles
Gregory H. Robinson was named the UGA Foundation Distinguished Professor in Chemistry at the University of Georgia, Donna-Dale Marcano was named director of the Human Rights Program at Trinity College and Melissa Nobles was named chair of the political science department at MIT.
Anita Allen Appointed Vice Provost for Faculty at the University of Pennsylvania
Anita L. Allen holds an endowed chair at the law school and is a professor of philosophy. She is an international expert in privacy law and contemporary ethics and the author of seven books and more than 100 academic articles.
Three Black Scholars Named to New Teaching Positions
Carlyle Brewster was promoted to full professor of entomology at Virginia Tech. Allan Boesak was named to a joint professorship at Butler University and the Christian Theological Seminary and Keith N. Hylton of Boston University Law School was named a Distinguished Professor at the university.
Albert J. Raboteau Awarded Professor Emeritus Status at Princeton University
Albert J. Raboteau, one of the nation's foremost scholars on African American religion, is retiring as the Henry W. Putnam Professor of Religion at Princeton University. He will be granted the title of professor emeritus.
Two African Americans Appointed to the Faculty at the Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey has announced the appointment of two African American scholars to its faculty. Lisa Bowens will be an instructor in New Testament studies and Brian Rainey was named assistant professor of Old Testament studies.
Two Women Faculty Members in New Posts
JoAnna Williamson was named chair of the department of management and marketing at Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio. Alondra Nelson, a professor of sociology at Columbia University, was named director of the university’s Institute for Research on Women and Gender.
Two Black Scholars in New Teaching Roles
Rodney T. Whitaker, professor in the College of Music, was promoted to the rank of University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University. Metta Sama was named an assistant professor of creative writing at Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Two Black Scholars in New Faculty Roles
Barbara Washington was named interim chair of the department of adolescent, career, and special education at Murray State University in Kentucky and E. Dale Abel was named to an endowed chair in diabetes research at the Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa.
Three Black Faculty Members Taking on New Roles
Lucas Morel was named to an endowed chair at Washington and Lee University. T. Elon Dancy II was promoted to associate professor and granted tenure at the University of Oklahoma and Maurice Jackson of Georgetown University was named chair of a government commission.
Two Black Scholars in New Teaching Roles
Cristal C. Truscott was named interim chair of the department of music and theater at Prairie View A&M University in Texas. Muhammad Pate, the former minister of state for health in Nigeria will be teaching with the Global Health Initiative at Duke University.
Two African American Scholars Named to Endowed Chairs
Allyson L. Watson was named to an endowed chair in urban education at Northeastern State University in Oklahoma and Joe M. Ricks Jr. was promoted to a named chair in the Division of Business at Xavier University in New Orleans.
