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)