Tag: University of California Riverside

Five African Americans Appointed to New Higher Education Posts

The new appointees are Rodney McClendon at the University of California, Riverside, Georj Lewis at Armstrong Atlantic State, Jacqueline Jenkins at LIM College, Ingrid Hayes at Spelman College and Jerryl Briggs at Mississippi Valley State.

Erica Edwards Honored by the Modern Language Association

Erica Edwards, an associate professor of English at the University of California at Riverside, has been awarded the prestigious Williams Sanders Scarborough Prize for her book Charisma and the Fictions of Black Leadership.

Higher Education Grants of Interest to African Americans

Here is this week’s news of grants to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.

Study Finds That Minority Faculty at Community Colleges Feel Marginalized

A report by the California Community College Collaborative at the University of California at Riverside finds that minority faculty members at community colleges feel marginalized and this causes them to limit what they contribute to their educational institution.

Yolanda Moses Honored With the Frederick Douglass Medal from the University of Rochester

Dr. Moses is past president of the American Anthropological Association and past president of American Association for Higher Education. From 1993 to 1999 she served as president of the City College of New York.

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