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Faculty & Staff

NEWTONA “TINA” JOHNSON

NEWTONA “TINA” JOHNSON has been appointed interim vice provost for academic affairs at Middle Tennessee State University. She was a professor of English and director of the university’s women’s and gender studies program. She earned a bachelor’s from the University of Sierra Leone, a master’s from Dalhousie University in Canada, a master’s from Concordia University in Canada and a doctorate from Emory University.

January 12, 2016

Students

Higginbotham Dedicated to Ensuring History of Blacks Valued

This month, Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham takes the reins of the venerable ASALH and seek to educate the masses about the importance of Black history.

January 4, 2016

Faculty & Staff

TOMAS GOMEZ-ARIAS

TOMAS GOMEZ-ARIAS has been appointed chief diversity officer of Saint Mary’s College of California. He is a professor, chair of the marketing department and director of the M.S. in Business Analytics Program at Saint Mary’s. He earned a bachelor’s from the University of Leon in Spain, an MBA from Columbia University and a doctorate from the University of Leon.

December 16, 2015

Faculty & Staff

ANGELA FELECIA EPPS

ANGELA FELECIA EPPS has been named dean of the Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Law, effective January 4. She is a professor of law at the William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Epps earned bachelor’s degrees from Cornell College in Iowa and a juris doctor from Creighton University in Nebraska.

December 16, 2015

Students

JOYCE JACOBSEN

JOYCE JACOBSEN was appointed interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at Wesleyan University. She is Andrews Professor of Economics at Wesleyan. Jacobsen earned a bachelor’s from Harvard University, a master’s from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a doctorate from Stanford University.

December 16, 2015

Faculty & Staff

University of Missouri Teaching Waivers Scrutinized

by Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. — A new report shows that almost 40 percent of tenure-track faculty at the University of Missouri received waivers that allow them to reduce their teaching load during their final academic years. According to the report, the majority of the waivers were for research purposes. The second-highest number of waivers […]

December 14, 2015

HBCUs

CAROLYN MA

CAROLYN MA has been appointed interim dean of the University of Hawaii at Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy. Ma is also pharmacy practice department chair and an associate professor. She was in charge of operations, faculty and residents for the college on Oahu, Maui and Kauai. Ma received a bachelor’s from the University of Santa Clara and a doctorate from the University of California, San Francisco.

December 3, 2015

Faculty & Staff

CHRISTINE SUNG

CHRISTINE SUNG has been appointed assistant professor of marketing in the College of Business and Entrepreneurship at Montana State University. She was an assistant professor at Old Dominion University in Virginia. Sung earned a bachelor’s from the Catholic University of Daegu in Korea, a master’s fromIndiana University and a doctorate from Michigan State University.

November 18, 2015

Students

R.I.P.: The Tired Myth of the Apathetic Black Student

We should all be finally noticing the new — really the old — Black student activism and it’s been a long time coming.

November 11, 2015

Faculty & Staff

U.S. Naval Academy Professor Sues Navy Over Free Speech

A civilian professor at the U.S. Naval Academy is suing the Navy, accusing it of violating his First Amendment right to free speech and chilling academic freedom.

November 5, 2015

Faculty & Staff

CINDY D. KAM

CINDY D. KAM was named William R. Kenan Jr. Chair in the Department of Political Science at Vanderbilt University. She also serves as senior associate dean for faculty in the College of Arts and Science and is the director of the Research on Individuals, Politics & Society Laboratory at Vanderbilt. Kam holds a bachelor’s from Princeton University, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Michigan.

November 4, 2015

Community Colleges

MILAGROS PEÑA

MILAGROS PEÑA has been appointed dean of the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the University of California, Riverside. She was associate dean for behavioral and social sciences at the University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Peña earned a bachelor’s from Iona College in New York, a master’s from the Union Theological Seminary in New York, and a master’s degree and a doctorate from Stony Brook University of the State University of New York.

November 4, 2015