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 | | Valerie Dorsey Allen has been named director of the African American Resource Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Allen brings extensive experience as a career development counselor and student services manager with the Department of Labor Job Corps Program. She earned a bachelor’s degree in criminology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. |
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 | | Dr. Ulysses Brown has been appointed professor of management at Florida A&M University. Brown, a participant in The PhD Project, had a career in the U.S. Navy before deciding to pursue graduate education. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Valdosta State University and a doctorate from Jackson State University in Mississippi. |
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 | | Dr. Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina is the new director of Pan-African Studies and professor of English at Barnard College. Previously, Gerzina was director of Africana Studies at Vassar College for 14 years. She earned a bachelor’s from Marlboro College in Vermont, a master’s from Simmons College and a doctorate in English and comparative literature from Stanford University. |
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 | | Dr. Darrick Hamilton has been named assistant professor in the urban policy analysis and management program at New School University in New York. He earned a bachelor’s from Oberlin College and a doctorate in economics from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. |
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 | | Patricia Mell has been appointed dean of the John Marshall Law School in Chicago. She was previously associate dean at Michigan State University-Detroit College of Law. She earned a bachelor’s from Wellesley College and a juris doctorate from Case Western Reserve University Law School. |
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 | | Kenneth L. Whitehurst has been named associate vice president for academic and student services for the North Carolina Community College system office. Whitehurst has been a campus administrator within the North Carolina Community College system for 17 years. |
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