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Dr. Nitasha Tamar Sharma
Dr. Nitasha Tamar Sharma is associate professor of African-American studies, Asian American studies and performance studies at Northwestern University, where she has received several outstanding teaching awards. Her scholarship focuses on Afro/Asian American relations, especially in studying the relationship between the two through hiphop music. Sharma is writing her second book, “Hidden Hapas: Multiracial Blacks […]
May 1, 2014
Students
Goodwin Liu
Goodwin Liu is an associate justice of the California Supreme Court. He has also been a member of the University of California- Berkeley Law faculty. Liu earned tenure in 2008 and was associate dean from 2008 to 2010. In 2009, Liu won the UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award. His primary areas of expertise are constitutional […]
May 1, 2014
Students
Dr. Shawnta Friday-Stroud
Dr. Shawnta Friday-Stroud is dean of the School of Business and Industry at Florida A&M University. Her research interests include diversity, mentoring and intergroup relations. Friday – Stroud has more than 20 years of consulting experience in strategic planning, leadership training and diversity course development. She has done consulting for General Mills, Eli Lilly and […]
May 1, 2014
Students
Would-be Teachers Face Tougher Certification Tests
Franchesca Moreno’s work as a student teacher didn’t end when the kids went home for the day.
April 30, 2014
Students
Higher Ed Experts Advocate Use of Technology to Promote Globalization
The educators warned, however, that technology alone cannot replace sound pedagogical classroom instruction.
April 30, 2014
Students
Study: Asian Americans Gaining Equity Ground with AANAPISI Designation
The report finds that minorities already enrolled in post-secondary education need services and support to successfully matriculate now more than ever.
April 29, 2014
Students
International Conference Focuses on Preparation for Competition in Global Market
Global experts from 70 countries have gathered to strategize about a broad range of issues that will impact the future of international higher education.
April 29, 2014
Students
Students in Ohio Protest Tuition Hikes
Students across Ohio are protesting recent tuition increases enacted or proposed at eight of the state’s 14 public universities.
April 28, 2014
Students
Dr. Donna Shalala – President, University of Miami
Shalala became professor of political science and president of the University of Miami in June 2001 after eight years as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Shalala has more than 30 years of experience as a scholar, teacher and administrator. In 2011, she was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca […]
April 28, 2014
Students
Dr. Diana Natalicio – President, University of Texas El Paso
During her career with the University of Texas, Natalicio has served as vice president for academic affairs, dean of liberal arts, chair of the Modern Languages Department and professor of linguistics. She chairs the board of the American Council on Education and serves on the Rockefeller Foundation board of trustees. Appointed in 1994 to the […]
April 28, 2014
Students
Dr. Irelene Ricks Program Advisor – American Association of State Colleges and Universities
Ricks, a Washington, D.C., native, has been working in education for more than 20 years. She has served as a grants administrator at Howard University, policy analyst for the White House Office of Management and Budget, program manager for NOAA’s Office of Education, director of minority affairs for the American Society for Cell Biology in […]
April 28, 2014
Students
Dr. Irelene Ricks Program Advisor – American Association of State Colleges and Universities
Ricks, a Washington, D.C., native, has been working in education for more than 20 years. She has served as a grants administrator at Howard University, policy analyst for the White House Office of Management and Budget, program manager for NOAA’s Office of Education, director of minority affairs for the American Society for Cell Biology in […]
April 28, 2014
Students
Dr. Bertha Hampton Miller – Executive Assistant to the Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives, Fayetteville State University
Miller has held several administrative positions since arriving at Fayetteville State University in 1998: acting vice chancellor for academic affairs, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, professor of history and special assistant to the chancellor. Earlier in her career, Miller served as chair of the Department of History at North Carolina A&T State […]
April 28, 2014
Students
Dr. Mabel Jones Matthews – Director for the Office of Education Infrastructure Division, NASA
In her current position, Matthews shares responsibility for providing strategic leadership in NASA’s efforts in achieving excellence in STEM education. Matthews served as university program manager for NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Program. Previously, she served in several senior-level higher education positions, including vice president, dean of academic affairs, academic division chairperson and as […]
April 25, 2014
Students
Dr. Muriel A. Howard – President, American Association of State Colleges and Universities
Howard, president of AASCU since 2009, is the first African-American to lead one of the six presidentially based higher education associations in Washington, D.C. She is also AASCU’s first female president. She is the former president of Buffalo State College, State University of New York and the vice president for public service and urban affairs […]
April 25, 2014
Students
Dr. Yvonne Maddox – Deputy Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
As the deputy director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health, Maddox guides the NICHD’s organizations and programs, and advises the director on internal affairs of the Institute’s $1.3 billion budget. Maddox has received both the Presidential Distinguished Executive Rank Award and the […]
April 25, 2014
Students
Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry – Professor of Political Science, Tulane University
Host of her eponymously named show on MSNBC, Harris-Perry teaches political science at Tulane University. Her academic research is inspired by a desire to investigate the challenges facing contemporary Black Americans and to better understand the ways that African-Americans respond to these challenges. In 2009, Harris-Perry became the youngest scholar to deliver the W.E.B. Du […]
April 25, 2014
Students
Nikki Giovanni – University Distinguished Professor, Virginia Tech
Since establishing herself in the mid-’70s as a leading poetic voice and a major force in the Black arts movement, Giovanni has received 20 honorary doctorates and various other awards, including the Rosa Parks Woman of Courage Award and the Langston Hughes Award for Distinguished Contributions to Arts and Letters. She teaches writing and literature […]
April 25, 2014
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