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Section: Awards/Honors
Students
Dr. Ana Gil-Garcia – University Professor, Northeastern Illinois University
Gil-Garcia is a three-time Fulbright U.S. Scholar, author and tenured professor at Northeastern Illinois University. An advocate for Latino educational leaders, she was named as one of the “Top Ten Chicago Latinos” in 2009. At the beginning of 2014, Chicago Public Schools appointed Gil-Garcia one of the 13 Latino Advisory Committee members, the District’s first-ever […]
April 25, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Alecia DeCoudreaux – President, Mills College
DeCoudreaux had a distinguished career as a lawyer and senior executive at Eli Lilly and Company before becoming president of Mills College in July 2011. She has served as a trustee and board chair at Wellesley College, director of the Wellesley College Alumnae Association, honorary director of the Indiana University Foundation and a member of […]
April 25, 2014
Native Americans
Sandra Begay – Campbell Principal Member of the Technical Staff , Sandia National Laboratories
Begay-Campbell leads Sandia’s efforts to assist Native American tribes with their renewable energy developments. Campbell, who worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory immediately aft er graduate school, received the American Indian Science and Engineering Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award and Stanford University’s Multicultural Alumni of the Year Award in 2000. Sandra is also a recipient of […]
April 25, 2014
Students
Gilda R. Daniels – Associate Professor of Law, University of Baltimore
A voting rights expert, Daniels is an associate professor of law at the University of Baltimore School of Law, where she teaches critical legal theory, election law and civil procedure. Her scholarship focuses on the intersections of race, law and democracy. Her law review articles have appeared in the Cardozo Law Review, the Denver University […]
April 25, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Dr. France A. Cordova – President Emeritus, Purdue University
Cordova became Purdue University’s 11th and first female president in 2007, leading it to record levels of research funding while expanding its role as a top research institution on the global stage. A professor of physics and astronomy, she has published more than 200 scientific and public policy journal articles and conference abstracts. She was […]
April 25, 2014
Community Colleges
Dr. Joyce Brown – President Fashion Institute of Technology
Brown became the sixth – and first female and first AfricanAmerican – president of the Fashion Institute of Technology, a specialized college of art and design, business and technology of the State University of New York in 1998. She has held senior administrative posts at the City University of New York, including acting president and […]
April 25, 2014
Students
Dr. Sharon Beverly – Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs, The College of New Jersey
Beverly is the assistant vice president for student affairs and executive director of athletics and recreation at The College of New Jersey. Previously, she was director of athletics and physical education at Vassar College. In 2010, Beverly was named Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Woman Administrator of the Year. A student -athlete on Queens College’s women’s […]
April 25, 2014
Women
Dr. Charlene Alexander – Associate Provost for Diversity, Ball State University
Alexander was appointed Ball State University’s associate provost for diversity and professor of counseling in July 2013. She has been on the faculty since 1997 and directed the counseling program since 1999. Alexander is also the past president of the Indiana School Counselor Association. Her research interests are in the areas of multicultural counseling, school […]
April 25, 2014
Women
Top 30 Women in Higher Education
Dr. Charlene Alexander Associate Provost for Diversity, Ball State University Dr.Sharon Beverly Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs, The College of New Jersey Dr. Joyce Brown President, Fashion Institute of Technology Dr. France A. Cordova President Emeritus, Purdue University Gilda R. Daniels Associate Professor of Law, University of Baltimore Sandra Begay-Campbell Principal Member of the […]
April 25, 2014
2014
HIV Activist
Jillian Lucas Baker’s early experiences with a strong family background and mentors at Penn helped her
develop an interest in public health, eventually leading to her groundbreaking work in HIV/AIDS.
April 21, 2014
2014
Building a Course
Diana RamĂrez-Jasso has created a first-ever liberal studies program for Boston Architectural College, capitalizing on her deep interest in history, Mexican background and time at Harvard.
April 18, 2014
2014
Professorial Pursuits
When it comes to the number of women of color in the U.S. pursuing degrees and entering careers in STEM fi elds, the statistics point to a dearth. But don’t include Felecia McInnis Nave in the national norm. Her status as a chemical engineering professor at the historically Black Prairie View A&M University ranks her among a class of fewer than 12 African-American women in the nation who serve as faculty in this field.
In addition, she’s also an administrator, serving as Prairie View’s associate provost and associate vice president for Academic Affairs.
April 18, 2014
2014
Making an Impression
Korean American Lee, inspired by growing up in racially tense ’90s LA and with help from famous mentors like Henry Louis Gates Jr., is making a splash in the academy as an African-American scholar.
April 18, 2014
2014
In Plain Language
Immigrating to the U.S. at eight, Anna Dina L. Joaquin rose from the bottom of her high school class to the heights of linguistics scholarship.
April 18, 2014
2014
Balancing the Scales
Moved by sit-ins and the work of Thurgood Marshall, Wendy Greene has risen to prominence as a professor of law at Samford and sought-aft er speaker nationally. From an early age, Wendy Greene knew she wanted to be a lawyer.
April 18, 2014
2014
From Mexico to Advanced Math
Mexican transplant Eduardo González’s work at UMass Boston is attracting major federal grant dollars.
April 18, 2014
2014
Willing to Lead
Dr. Soribel Genao’s upbringing in the Lower East Side of Manhattan not only gave the Dominican and Haitian American an impetus to attain a higher education, but it also inspired her to study education policy and its effects on mostly Latino and Black communities.
April 18, 2014
2014
Uncovering “Impostership”
Arkansas native T. Elon Dancy II focuses on the experiences of underrepresented college students, fi nding inspiration from his own life journey.
April 18, 2014
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