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BLACK CAUCUS
Historical Background and Information
Doctoral Student Awards
Prepared by Dr. Brenda Sanders Dédé
The Black Caucus of the American Association of Higher
Education (AAHE) annually awarded Conference attendance
grants to African American students enrolled in doctoral
programs at colleges and universities throughout the
United States. These award winners were ABD and
preferably at the point of their academic career where
they are in the defense stage of their dissertation
work. In more recent years, many of the award
recipients - who make application for the award during
the fall months, had successfully completed the defense
of their dissertation work by the time they attend the
March annual conference on higher education.
The award and tradition of having doctoral students
active in the Black Caucus of AAHE began in 1987 when
Dr. Roland B. Smith, Associate Provost and Adjunct
Professor of Education at Rice University, was invited
by Delores Austin, then chair of the Black Caucus
Graduate Student Panel, to attend the annual meeting.
Dr. Smith was, at that time, a student at the Harvard
Graduate School of Education studying in the area of
learning and teaching using ethnographic research
methods. Dr. Smith received no monetary award but
was showcased throughout the conference and made a brief
presentation on his research. Included on the panel with
Dr. Smith was Dr. Muriel A. Hawkins, now Assistant Vice
Chancellor of Academic Support at the University of
Wisconsin-Oshkosh and another female (last name Lewis
from the University of Pennsylvania).
In 1991 Dr. Brenda Sanders Dédé, a student in the higher
education administration program at the Texas Southern
University, College of Education, was encouraged to
complete an application for a new award being offered by
the Black Caucus of AAHE. Her award/grant was for
$300 which included conference registration ($105), AAHE
($45) and Black Caucus ($15) membership, and the
remainder ($135) as a cash award. She received
recognition during the conference.
This process has been refined over the years and
continues to be an evolving entity of the programming of
the AABHE. Today the cash award has increased and
the number of awards has increased to at least three per
year. The goals of the award process include (1)
to involve African American doctoral students in this
(AABHE) professional organization; (2) to showcase the
research of African American doctoral students; (3) to
introduce new African American scholars to the academy;
and (4) to introduce to the academy cutting edge
research and new hot button topics.
For more information on the
Doctoral Student Awards contact Dr. Brenda Sanders
Dédé at:
bdede@clarion.edu.
Following is a listing of some of the past recipients. Where possible we have included their current or last known professional assignment.
1987
Roland Smith, Harvard University
Current: Associate Provost and Adjunct Professor of
Education
Rice University
Muriel A. Hawkins
Current: Assistant vice chancellor of Academic Support
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
1991
Brenda Sanders Dédé, Texas Southern University
Current: Assistant Vice President for Academic
Affairs
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
1994
Sheila T. Gregory, University Of Pennsylvania
Current: Professor, Educational Leadership & Higher
Education
Clark Atlanta University
1995
Linda Thomas Buchanan, Washington State
University
Anita
Hawkins, University of Maryland
Current: Assistant Professor in Public Health
Morgan State University
Kerry
(Mitchell) Rockquemore, University of Notre Dame
Current: Associate Professor of Sociology
University of Illinois at Chicago
1996
Adelia Benjamin
Wayne Scott
M. Christopher Brown II, Pennsylvania State
University
Current: Executive Director
Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute
United Negro College Fund
Januela M. Burt, Auburn University
Current: Senior Research Analyst
Cosmos Corporation
Bethesda, MD
Catrelia S. Hunter, Fayetteville State University
Sandra Cole-McNaught, Miami University
William Ross, Texas Southern University
1997
Fred A. Bonner II, University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville
Current: Assistant Professor
Adult and Higher education
University of Texas –San Antonio
Sybril M. Bennett, Vanderbilt University
Current: Executive Director and Assistant
Professor of Journalism
New Century Journalism Program
Belmont University
Nashville, TN
Lula Annette Johnson-Blake, United States
International University
Earl Eugene Brown, University of Notre Dame
Rosie J. Payton, Jackson State University
1998
Karen L. Kossie-Chernyshev,
Rice University
Current: Associate Professor of History
Texas Southern University
John Berry, The Union Institute
B. Lorraine Alston, Bowling Green State
University
Shawn Thompson, State University of New
York at Stony Brook
Rodney Cohen, Vanderbilt University
1999
Barbara J. Johnson, Vanderbilt University
Leona Bell Collins, Bowling Green State
University
Belinda D. Fisher, Texas Southern University
Lisa D. Robinson, University of
Massachusetts-Amherst
Eboni M. Zamani, University of Illinois at Urbana
Champaign
2000 (Summit I)
Lekita Scott, Florida A&M University
Toni Furman,Eichelberger, Clark Atlanta
University
2001
Karen Eley Sanders, University of Arkansas
Current: Director, Academic Enrichment Center
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Sate University
Sigrid Y. Kenebrew, University of Georgia
Waverly Orlando Duck, Wayne State University
Donnetrice C. Allison, Howard University
2002
Mamie T. Thorns, Central Michigan University
Current: Special Assistant to the President for
Diversity Programs
Saignaw Valley State University
Anthony B. Johnson, Jackson State University
Current: Associate Director, Center for Teacher
Preparation & Partnerships
New Jersey City University
S. Purcell Woodard, Ph.D. University of
Washington
Current: Assistant Vice President OMA/D Student Services Programs Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity University of Washington
2003
Crystal Gafford Muhammad, University of Virginia,
Curry School of Education
Miya T. Simpson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University
Linda Blake, University of Arkansas
2005
Jamillah T. M. Berry, Clark Atlanta University
Michelle Penn-Marshall, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute & State University
Rynetta R. Washington, Auburn University
Omari H. Swinton, Duke University
Updated 7/4/07
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