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Section: Awards/Honors
African-American
Dr. Kimberly Scott – Executive Director, COMPUGIRLS, School of Social Transformation, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University
Scott, a women and gender studies associate professor in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University, was named a STEM Access Champion of Change at the White House in February 2014, which honors people who support and accelerate STEM opportunities for African-American students, schools and communities. Scott saw the need for a program […]
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
Leadership & Policy
Susie Powell – Screenwriter, Former Trustee, Bennett College
A Bennett College alumna, Powell is a former Bennett board member. She wrote the screenplay for The Loving Story documentary, winning the award for Outstanding Historical Programming (Long Form) at the 34th Emmy Awards. Powell was one of two Black women to graduate from her law school class at Case Western Reserve. She has published […]
April 28, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Dr. Carolyn W. Meyers – President, Jackson State University
Meyers is the 10th president of Jackson State University and a professor of civil and environmental engineering. She is the former president of Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Va. Meyers was also a tenured faculty member at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the first associate dean for research in its College of Engineering. She […]
April 28, 2014
Community Colleges
Dr. Sally Mason – President, University of Iowa
Trained as a cell developmental biologist, Sally Mason became the 20th president of the University of Iowa in 2007. She also holds a full professorship in the Department of Biology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. At the University of Kansas, she received awards for outstanding undergraduate advising and teaching, later becoming dean […]
April 28, 2014
Women
Dr. Michelle Khine – Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, UC Irvine
Khine is a scientist, innovator, cofounder of Fluxion Biosciences, founder of the Shrink nanotechnology platform, as well as the assistant and founding professor of the School of Engineering at the University of California, Merced. Her research has resulted in technological advances in industries such as biological research and medical diagnostics. She has multiple patent grants […]
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
African-American
Dr. Marybeth Gasman – Professor of Higher Education, University of Pennsylvania
Gasman, a professor of higher education in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, holds secondary appointments in history, Africana studies, and the School of Social Policy and Practice. She also directs the Center for Minority-Serving Institutions at Penn. Gasman has written or edited 15 books, including Envisioning Black Colleges: A History […]
April 25, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Dr. Bernadette Gray-Little – Chancellor, University of Kansas
Gray-Little has been the chancellor of the University of Kansas since 2009. Previously, she was a professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she also held several top administrative posts, including executive vice chancellor and provost. She is vice chair of the board of trustees for the Online Computer […]
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
Students
Dr. Juliet V. GarcÃa – President, University of Texas at Brownsville
GarcÃa became president of The University of Texas at Brownsville in January 1992. When she was named president of Texas Southmost College in 1986, she became the fi rst Mexican American woman in the nation to become president of a college or university. GarcÃa has advocated increasing access to higher education through innovation and experimentation, […]
April 25, 2014
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