Who We Are
Organization
SENIOR MANAGEMENT
President/CEO & Co-Founder: William E. Cox
Publisher & Co-Founder: Frank L. Matthews
Vice President, Business Development and Technology: Ralph L. Newell
Vice President, Operations and Advertising: William E. Cox, Jr.
Vice President, Editorial and Production: Maya Matthews Minter
EDITORIAL
Executive Editor: Ronald Roach
Editor: David Pluviose
Senior Editor: Yvette Moy
Copy Editor: Kesha Moorefield
Sports Writer: Frank J. Matthews
Proofreader: Joanne Richcreek
Editorial Intern: Amara Phillip
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Lydia Lum, Mary Annette Pember
CORRESPONDENTS
Jamaal Abdul-Alim
Cassie Chew
Crystal D. Davis
Charles Dervarics
Dana Forde
Kendra Hamilton
B. Denise Hawkins
Ernest Holsendolph
Joyce Jones
Paul Ruffins
Pearl Stewart
Reginald Stuart
Marlon A. Walker
Jamal Eric Watson
ART DEPARTMENT
Creative Director: Dan Stainback
Photo Editor: Erica Antonelli
ADVERTISING
Advertising Director: Sydnee Vann
Senior Advertising Manager: John Lewis
Senior Advertising Manager: Virginia Hendrix
Senior Advertising Manager: Rania Montasser
Senior Advertising Manager: Nicole Claiborne-Small
Advertising Assistant: Jennifer Young
DIVERSEEDUCATION.COM
Web Specialist: Patricia Tavares
Web Consultant: Moses McCall
Web Consultant: Raymond Borhan
New Media Account Executive: Nikki Frias
OPERATIONS Operations Director: Tara Cox Clark Operations Manager: Eugenia Gooding Operations Assistant: Azeb Kelati Operations Assistant: Eva Falls
EDITORIAL CALENDAR
Issue Date
Issue Title
Ad Deadline
3/1/12
Focus: Women's History Month
2/9/12
3/15/12
Special Report: Technology and Online Education
2/23/12
3/29/12
Focus: Law
3/8/12
4/12/12
Special Report: Money & Finance
3/22/12
4/26/12
4/5/12
5/10/12
Special Report: Top 100 Associate Degree Producers/Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month
4/19/12
5/24/12
Special Report: Arthur Ashe Sports Scholars
5/3/12
6/7/12
Special Report: Top 100 Undergraduate Degree Producers
5/17/12
6/21/12
5/31/12
7/5/12
Special Report: Top 100 Graduate & Professional Degree Producers
6/14/12
7/19/12
6/28/12
8/2/12
Focus: STEM
7/12/12
8/16/12
7/26/12
8/30/12
Special Report: Academic Kickoff - HBCU Focus
8/9/12
9/13/12
Focus: Hispanic Heritage Month
8/23/12
9/27/12
9/6/12
10/11/12
Special Report: Recruitment & Retention in Higher Education
9/20/12
10/25/12
Focus: Health Sciences
10/4/12
11/8/12
Special Report: Careers in Higher Education
10/18/12
11/22/12
Focus: American Indian Heritage Month
11/1/12
12/6/12
11/13/12
12/20/12
11/29/12
Multimedia
Integrating the University of Tennessee
A gala event celebrating the 50th anniversary of African-American achievement at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville recently premiered this university-produced documentary short on integration at Tennessee
Click here to play the audio clip