Dr. Terrell L. Strayhorn, a prominent education researcher and author, has been named interim vice president for academic and student affairs at LeMoyne-Owen College, a private historically Black college in Memphis.
Strayhorn, who recently began the new post, will serve as the chief academic and student affairs officer, assuming full responsibility for all aspects of the academic curriculum and providing leadership to faculty, staff and students, according to the school’s president, Dr. Andrea Lewis Miller.
He also holds a professorship in Urban Education at the college.
“I was looking for someone with a proven record who would also provide executive-level leadership and vision, in not only the administration of a comprehensive range of student services, but also strategic enrollment management, which is so critical for us as an enrollment-driven institution,” said Miller. “Dr. Strayhorn is exactly what LeMoyne-Owen needs for such a time as this.”
Strayhorn, who resigned from his post as a tenured faculty member at Ohio State University last year, is the founding CEO of Do Good Work Educational Consulting, a firm that uses research to address student success outcomes.
A widely sought-after lecturer, he is an expert on student success and achievement, issues of race, equity and diversity and student learning and development.
His book College Students’ Sense of Belonging: A Key to Educational Success for All Students is a popular text that faculty across the country have integrated into their educational curricula.
