AAAD Studies Center - External Advisory Board

Dr. Akwasi Aidoo

Senior Fellow at Humanity United

Paula Bowens

President & CEO, One Degree Consulting / President, Black Alumni Chapter

Darryl Coleman

Founder & President of Coleman Search Group, Inc.

Nikitah Imani

Professor of Black Studies, University of Nebraska-Omaha

Lamont King

Emeritus Professor of History, JMU

Maria Kisumbi

Senior Advisor, Policy & Government at Humanity United Relation

Bettina Mason

Partner Consultant with DiversifyEd Consulting / Founder/Principal of Mason Education Solutions Group, LLC / JMU Board Member

Lesa Moore

Health and Wellness Entrepreneur / Board Member of The Ole School Scholarship Fund

Dr. Joseph Sany

Vice President of the Africa Center at United States Institute of Peace

Maria Selde

Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant, National Security Segment at Guidehouse

Dr. Jacqueline Walker

JMU Emeriti Faculty (History / AAAD)

Dr. Deborah Whaley

Professor of American Studies / Administrative Fellow in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Office of the Dean at the University of Iowa

Dr. Vershawn Young

Editor of CLAJ / Professor of Black Pan African and Diasporic Studies, Communication Arts, English Language and Literature at University of Waterloo / Past Chair of CCCC (Conference on College Communication and Composition)