Program development and marketing; research administration; operations analysis; technical writing; grant and contract acquisition and administration; computer based information systems design and implementation; higher education administration.
Ph.D., Higher Education Administration,
Management Systems, Georgia State University
Ed., Reading, Tuskegee University,
Tuskegee Institute, Alabama
B.S., English Education, Tuskegee University,
Tuskegee Institute, Alabama
Vice Chancellor for Research and Full Professor
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
Greensboro, NC
1993 to present
Responsible for the administration of all research and sponsored programs and interacts with external agencies on behalf of the University. Develops administrative and operational policies and procedures for complying with agency regulations and for handling comprehensive pre-award and post-award functions. Responsible for the protection and disposition of intellectual property and establishment of mechanisms for technology transfer.
Professor of research methods, Curriculum and Instruction Department, School of Education.
Senior Consultant, Technical Analyst and Assistant Project Director
TRACTELL, Incorporated, Dayton, OH
(1988 to 1993)
Department of Defense (1988-1993): Provided technical assistance to Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions in DoD procurement and research infrastructure and enhancement.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1992-1993): Provide technical assistance to NASA core research centers of excellence and serve as advisor to the Director, Minority University Research and Education Programs, NASA Headquarters.
Department of Defense (1989-1991): Provided technical consulting in a contract dealing with a nationwide survey of the DoD installations and analysis of the Defense Acquisition and Management Data System (DAMDS).
Director, Research Development and Administration
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
(1991-1992)
Senior Research Associate and Contracting Officer
Office of Contract Administration
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
(1984-1991)
Executive Assistant to the Chancellor
Atlanta University Center, Atlanta, GA
(1980-1984)
Assisted the Chancellor in managing the Center-coordinated programs by interfacing with the seven member institutions comprising the consortium. Managed the internal operations of the Center, including serving as Personnel Manager for approximately 500 employees. Conducted background research necessary for litigating issues and for preparing various reports. Managed a local area network for academic, research, and administrative data processing.
Assistant to Provost/Executive Vice President
Tuskegee University, AL
(1978-1980)
Assistant to Vice President for Administrative Services and
Instructor, English Department
College of Arts & Sciences, Tuskegee University
Fall Semester 1977 and Summer 1978
Taught and counseled students for classes in Advanced composition.
English Teacher and Coordinator of Title VIII Program (Drop-Out Prevention)
Tuskegee Institute High School, Macon County Board of Education
Tuskegee, AL (1968-1974)
A Case Study of a Consortium Process for Developing a Joint Management Information System 1977-1984 (Doctoral Dissertation), 1985.
Guidebook for R&D Acquisition and Management for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions in the Department of Defense. Developed under contract with the Department of Defense, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 1989.
A Compendium of Questions and Answers Concerning R&D Acquisition and Management at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions in the Department of Defense Arena. Developed under contract with the Department of Defense, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 1990.
Research Administration and Management at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions. Proceedings of professional development workshop for HBCU/MI research administrators, December 10-11, 1992, Atlanta, GA.
An Analysis of the Rapidly Shrinking S&E Pipeline for Black Americans Within Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Technical Paper submitted to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, and to Presidents/ Chancellors of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, December 1992.
An Assessment of the Underrepresented Minority and Disabled Focus Component of the NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program. Program Review Panel Report prepared for NASA Associate Administrator for Equal Opportunity, September 1994.
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Project Director: Science & Technology Alliance/Memorandum of Understanding
Martin Marietta Energy Systems.
Funded Amount: $161,000
Initial Co-Project Director: W.K. Kellogg Foundation Food Systems Professions Education Initiative, Funded through the Tuskegee Consortium.
Co-Principal Investigator: National Science Foundation, "An Analysis of the Impact of Federally-Funded Programs on the Rapidly Decreasing Science and Engineering Pipeline for Black
Americans at Historically Black Colleges & Universities"
Initial funding of $88,000 for the first year.
Principal Investigator: U.S. Department of Energy through Clark Atlanta University, "Development
of a Multidisciplinary Environmental Technology Initiative at North Carolina A&T State University",
Member of a seventeen institution consortium of Historically Black Colleges and Universities and
Minority Institutions.
Total funding of $877,507 to date.
Principal Investigator: U.S. Department of Agriculture, "A National Center for Workforce
Preparation", A consortium of the 1890 Land-Grant Institutions and Tuskegee University.
Initial funding of $100,000 for six-month planning period.
Georgia Coalition for Excellence in Mathematics Education
Former member of Board of Directors
National Contract Management Association, Research Triangle Park Chapter
(Served as Scholarship Committee Chairman, Treasurer and Vice President of the Atlanta
Chapter)
National Council of University Research Administrators
(Served on ad hoc committees and as conference presenter)
Society of Research Administrators
(Served as presenter)
Applied Research Ethics National Association
National Sponsored Programs Administrators Alliance
National Association of State and Land Grant Colleges and Universities
(Elected to Executive Committee of the Council on
Research Policy and Graduate Studies for a two-year term ending in 1997)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Academic Leadership Academy, American Council on Education
University Representative to the American Council on Education
National Council on Undergraduate Research (University Representative)
(Three-year term ending April 1997)
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (University Representative)
University Space Research Association (University Representative)
Member, NASA Minority Business Resource Advisory Council
A Standing Committee of the NASA Advisory Committee
Women Administrators in North Carolina Higher Education
Member, Board of Directors
Piedmont Triad Center for Advanced Manufacturing
Member, Board of Directors