Dr. Ronald L. Carter has been appointed president of Johnson C. Smith University (N.C.) effective July 1. Currently, he is provost and dean of faculty at Coker College (S.C.). He earned a bachelor’s from Morehouse College and a master’s and doctorate from Boston University.
CATHIE CAROTHERS has been named director of the Office of Indian Education in the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. Most recently, she served as the acting director of the Office of Indian Education. She earned a bachelor’s and master’s from Northeastern Oklahoma State University.
DR. MARNELLE ALEXIS has been appointed director of the Duke Comprehensive Education Institute and assistant professor at Duke University (N.C.). She earned a bachelor’s from the State University of New York, Old Westbury, master’s degrees from New York University and Columbia University’s Teachers College and a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania.
DR. PATRISIA GONZALES has been appointed assistant professor in the Mexican American Studies & Research Center at the University of Arizona. She earned a bachelor’s from the University of Texas at Austin, and a master’s and doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
