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Section: Awards/Honors > Women

E.R. Shipp

October 16, 2022

2018 Top 25 Women in Higher Education

Honoring 25 women in the academy who are making a difference. Compiled by Walter Hudson Julie Amon Vice President for Student Development Services Tarrant County College Dr. Julie Amon has been a long-time champion of student success and academic excellence. Prior to her arrival earlier this month at Tarrant County College, Amon was vice […]

March 21, 2018

Top 25 Women in Higher Education and Beyond

We salute and honor a diverse group of women who have made significant contributions in higher education and beyond. Compiled by Catherine Morris Edith Bartley Spokesperson and Advocate for Diplomatic Families and Victims of International Terrorism Bartley’s career is marked by advocacy on behalf of two causes: HBCUs and achieving justice for the […]

March 9, 2017

Top 25 Women in Higher Education and Beyond

We salute and honor a diverse group of women who have made significant contributions in higher education and beyond. Compiled by Cassandra West Dr. Charlotte Borst President The College of Idaho Borst is the College of Idaho’s first female and 13th president, assuming the role in July 2015. Her administrative career is steeped in […]

March 10, 2016

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Top 25 Women in Higher Education and Beyond

We salute and honor a diverse group of women who have made significant contributions in higher education. Compiled by Cassandra West Michelle Alexander Associate Professor of Law Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University Alexander is a civil rights lawyer, legal scholar and writer. She’s a 2005 winner of a Soros Justice Fellowship, […]

March 12, 2015

Michelle Alexander

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Deborah Tannen – University Professor, Georgetown University

Author of more than 20 books, Tannen is a university professor and professor of linguistics at Georgetown University. She has been a McGraw Distinguished Lecturer at Princeton University and a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, following a term in residence at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. […]

April 28, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Beverly Tatum – President, Spelman College

Recognized as a scholar, teacher, race-relations expert and leader in higher education, Tatum became the ninth president of Spelman College in 2002. She is also known as a promoter of racial identity development theory and as the author of the best-selling Can We Talk About Race? And Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation. […]

April 28, 2014

Community Colleges

Zakiya Smith – Strategy Director for Student Financial Support, Lumina Foundation

At the Lumina Foundation, Smith leads the work to develop new models of student financial support for higher education. She also served as a senior advisor for education on the White House Domestic Policy Council, where she focused on developing the president’s higher education policy. Earlier in her career, Smith worked in various capacities for […]

April 28, 2014

Joyce E. Smith – Chief Executive Officer, National Association for College Admission Counseling

An admissions expert with more than 30 years of experience, Smith has served in college admission counseling management roles at Kansas State University, Amherst College and Queens College of the City University of New York, where she served as executive director of admissions for undergraduate and graduate admissions, marketing and scholarship services. She has also […]

April 28, 2014

Dr. Ruth Simmons – President Emeritus, Brown University

In 2001, Simmons became the 18th president of Brown University, the first African-American to lead an Ivy League institution. She was president of Smith College from 1995 to 2001, after serving as vice provost of Princeton University and provost of Spelman College. She has served in various administrative positions at the University of Southern California […]

April 28, 2014

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

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

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

Diana Natalicio

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

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

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