Jamal Watson - Higher Education


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Jamal Watson
Jamal Watson is the executive editor of Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. A former senior staff writer, Watson has written for the publication since 2005. A native of Philadelphia, Watson earned his bachelor’s degree in English and Theology from Georgetown University, a Masters degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and a Masters and a Ph.D. in Afro-American Studies from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His writings have appeared in numerous publications including The Baltimore Sun and USA Today. He is the author of a forthcoming biography on the Reverend Al Sharpton.


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Scholars Remember the “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin

by | August 16, 2018 The academic world took to social media and other venues yesterday to remember a legendary arti Read more

Time to Take a Collective Stand Against Dangerous Law

by | August 13, 2018
Six years after Trayvon Martin was shot and killed, the fight to abolish Stand-Your-Ground Laws [...] Read more

Former Arkansas Baptist College President Returns to Faculty at Alma Mater

by | August 9, 2018
Dr. Joseph L. Jones—the former president of Arkansas Baptist College (ABC) who recently filed [...] Read more

New Research Center at Prairie View A&M Focuses on Marginalized Communities

by | August 8, 2018
Dr. Fred A. Bonner II is on a mission to dispel the notion that “good scholarship” — part [...] Read more

Black Lives Matter Leader Joins Faculty at Prescott College

by | August 7, 2018
Patrisse Cullors, the co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network is joining the facult [...] Read more

Best Practices and Solutions are Shared at UNCF Convening

by | July 24, 2018
FORT LAUDERDALE—If you ask Spelman College student Genesis Thigpen about some of the pressing [...] Read more

Strayhorn Appointed to Leadership Post at LeMoyne-Owen College

by | July 19, 2018
Dr. Terrell Strayhorn, a prominent education researcher and author, has been named interim vice [...] Read more

Tania Tetlow: Inspiring Men and Women for Others

by | July 16, 2018
NEW ORLEANS - Tania Tetlow is making history with her recent appointment as the first woman and [...] Read more

Free Speech Among Issues Explored at CGS Convening

by | July 9, 2018
CHICAGO — Northwestern University’s provost, Dr. Jonathan Holloway, knows first-hand how d [...] Read more

National Conference Puts Focus on Urban Cities

by | July 2, 2018
If the nation is looking for ways to address issues that impact urban areas, they might conside [...] Read more

New Book Examines How Scholar-Practitioner Advanced Equity in Student Affairs

by | June 28, 2018
When some of the nation’s top scholars decided to pen a book examining the life of Dr. Melvin [...] Read more

Napolitano Discusses First-Gen Students and College Affordability at Convening

by | June 12, 2018
DENVER - Colleges and universities across the nation should implement a wide range of wrap-arou [...] Read more

Convening Puts Focus on First-Generation Students

by | June 10, 2018
Providing access and opportunities to first-generation college students is the focus of a three [...] Read more

Oxford University Criticized for Dismal Diversity Record

by | June 6, 2018
One of the most prestigious universities in the world is under fire for its dismal record in ad [...] Read more

At NCORE, Symone Sanders Calls for Civility in Discourse

by | May 30, 2018
NEW ORLEANS - More than 3,500 students, faculty and staff from colleges and universities across [...] Read more
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