Faculty

Here is this week’s roundup of African Americans who have been appointed to new faculty positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@jbhe.com.

Heterodox Academy, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that advocates for increasing “viewpoint diversity” on college campuses, has examined more than 10,000 faculty job ads to analyze the prevalence of requests to include DEI-related materials in faculty applications.

In addition to his dean appointment, Dr. Thornton will serve as a professor of practice in the HBCU's College of Business. He comes to his new role from the University of Utah, where he has served as an associate dean for the J. Willard Marriott Library.

Destin Jenkins, David J. Knight, and Lauren Whitehurst have joined Yale Faculty of Arts and Sciences. All three scholars will teach in the Black studies program, with primary appointments in history, sociology and psychology, respectively.

Gerald Kayingo is the inaugural Leslie S. Robinson, MD Endowed Professor and Chair of Health Professions Education at the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s School of Graduate Studies, and Riché Barnes is the new director of the African American studies program at the University of Florida.

“It is an immense privilege to step into this role at a critical time for global public health, and as the school celebrates its tenth anniversary, building on nearly a century of public health teaching and scholarship at NYU,” said Dr. Goodman.

William F. Tate IV, recently appointed president of Rutgers University and former president of Louisiana State University, has recently hired two of his former colleagues from LSU to join his new executive leadership team. Kimberly Lewis will serve as chief administrative officer and Keena Arbuthnot will serve as chief academic officer.

Five Black scholars have recently been appointed to dean posts at colleges and universities across the country. The appointments are Frank R. Hall at Central State University in Ohio, Kevin Richardson at Talladega College in Alabama, Kendal Harris at Chapman University in California, Nicholas Hill at Jackson State University in Mississippi, and Charles DeSassure at the Lamar Institute of Technology in Texas.

The professors appointed to new faculty roles are Karen Cook Bell at Bowie State University in Maryland, Walter Royal III at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Biko Gray at the University of Houston, and Mbaye Lo at Duke University in North Carolina.

North Carolina A&T State University has recently appointed two women to interim dean positions. Radiah Corn Minor will lead the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences and Kecia Williams Smith will oversee the Willie A Deese College of Business and Economics.

The new deans are Tamalyn Peterson at Talladega College in Alabama, Josephine Ibironke at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Johnnie Westbrook at Lincoln University of Missouri, Lakeisa Tucker at South Carolina State University, and Kerwyn Flowers at Florida State University.

The professors taking on new roles in the academic world are Evelyn Field of South Carolina State University, Avery Willis Hoffman at the University of Chicago, Nicole McConlogue at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Gerald Horne at the University of Houston.

The new deans at Tuskegee University are Cecil Duffie, dean of the Chapel; Brooke Burks, dean of the School of Education; and Catherine Armwood, dean of the School of Architecture and Construction Science.

The professors taking on new roles are Sekou Franklin at Fisk University in Nashville, TaKeia Anthony at Hampton University in Virginia, Elizabeth Hinton at Yale University in Connecticut, and Stephanie Payne at South Carolina State University.

The professors who are taking on new faculty roles are Antonio Barrino at Fisk University, Kisha Aites at Savannah State University, Craig Sutton at Dartmouth College, Duane Watson at Vanderbilt University, and Terrence Johnson at Harvard Divinity School.

The new provosts are Catherine Edmonds at North Carolina A&T State University, A. Clifton Myles at Talladega College in Alabama, and Edward Hill at Voorhees University in South Carolina.

The new deans are Mark McKinney at St. Petersburg College in Florida, Kimberly Smith at Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, Sophia Sotilleo at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, and Angela Branch-Vital at Prairie View A&M University in Texas.

The professors taking on new positions are J. Camille Hall at Missouri State University, Alicia Barnes at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Tyson Brown at Duke University, and Cynthia Crawford at North Carolina A&T State University.

“I’m honored to lead ongoing efforts to reach new heights of research and student success in New Brunswick,” said Dr. Geary. “I’ve spent my career building connections to maximize impact on campus and in the community, and I’m eager to continue this work as provost in service to all faculty, staff and students.”

The new deans are Mary McGriff at New Jersey City University, Vaughn Crichlow at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island, Kimberly Jones at Howard University in Washington, D.C., RoSusan Bartee at Prairie View A&M University in Texas, and Kwamie Dunbar at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts.