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Faculty & Staff

UNC Law Professor Open New Anti-poverty Research Project

In the wake of the controversial closure of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s anti-poverty center, the law school professor who had led the center has launched a research fund outside the domain of university leaders.

July 6, 2015

Faculty & Staff

ELAINE COLLINS

ELAINE COLLINS has been appointed president of Johnson State College in Vermont. She was dean and COO of the College of Education at Grand Valley State University. Collins earned a bachelor’s from the University of California, Los Angeles, a master’s from the University of California, Davis, and a doctorate from The Ohio State University.

June 29, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Boot Camp Bolsters Skills of MSI Faculty

Early career faculty from minority-serving institutions across the nation converged on the University of Pennsylvania recently for a three-day boot camp focused on professional development.

June 21, 2015

Faculty & Staff

MARGARET MCKENNA

MARGARET MCKENNA has been appointed president of Suffolk University, effective this summer. She is a visiting professor and acting director of the Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy at Brandeis University, and president emerita of Lesley University. McKenna earned a bachelor’s from Emmanuel College and a juris doctor from Southern Methodist University.

June 17, 2015

Faculty & Staff

BENJAMIN OLA. AKANDE

BENJAMIN OLA. AKANDE has been named president of Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. He will take office July 1. He currently serves as a professor of economics and dean of the George Herbert Walker School of Business and Technology at Webster University in St. Louis. He also leads Webster’s Office of Corporate Partnerships. Akande earned a bachelor’s from Wayland Baptist University and a doctorate from the University of Oklahoma.

June 17, 2015

Students

Office Hours: Leading from Within in Higher Education

Knowing that one’s leader is truly vested in them can build trust and even move beyond strictly professional boundaries.

June 4, 2015

Faculty & Staff

VICTORIA WATTS

VICTORIA WATTS has been appointed chair of dance at Cornish College of the Arts. She is currently lecturing at the University of South Australia. Watts earned a bachelor’s from the University of Surrey, a master’s from The Ohio State University and a doctorate from George Mason University.

May 27, 2015

Faculty & Staff

KANWAL SINGH

KANWAL SINGH has been appointed dean of the college at Sarah Lawrence College, effective August 1. She was associate dean of the college at Sarah Lawrence. Singh earned a bachelor’s from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley.

May 27, 2015

Faculty & Staff

EVERETT B. WARD

EVERETT B. WARD has been appointed president of Saint Augustine’s University. He was interim president of St. Augustine’s. Ward earned a bachelor’s from Saint Augustine’s, a master’s from North Carolina State University and a doctorate from North Carolina A&T State University.

May 26, 2015

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Professor Seeks to Have Study He Co-authored Retracted

Citing irregularities on the part of his colleague, a prominent Columbia University professor has asked Science magazine to retract a study he co-authored last year about the ability of openly gay canvassers to shift voters’ views toward support for same-sex marriage.

May 20, 2015

African-American

Duke Professor was on Leave Before Racially Charged Comments

Duke University officials say a professor criticized for an online statement comparing blacks and Asians had been on a standard academic leave before posting the comments.

May 18, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Black Professor Regrets Comments Critical of White Students

An incoming Boston University professor who called “White college males” a “problem population” and was publicly criticized by the university’s president said late Tuesday she regrets making the remarks.

May 13, 2015