Jamal Watson

Dr. Jamal Watson is an award-winning journalist. He has held numerous roles at Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. He has been a senior staff writer, managing editor, executive editor and editor-at-large. He has written for the publication since 2005. He is currently on the graduate school faculty at Trinity Washington University. A native of Philadelphia, Watson earned his bachelor’s degree in English and Theology from Georgetown University, a master's degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, a master's degree in Higher Education from the University of Delaware and a master's and a Ph.D. in Afro-American Studies from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His writings have appeared in numerous publications including The Baltimore Sun and USA Today. He is the author of a forthcoming biography on the Reverend Al Sharpton.

NCAA Inclusion Forum Focuses on DEI Initiatives

The theme for the 2023 NCAA Inclusion Forum was “The Power of Proximity.”

April 23, 2023

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Remembering A Renaissance Man

Dr. William E. Cox's lingering impact on higher education will undoubtedly be felt for many decades to come.

June 23, 2022

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2021 Diverse Rising Graduate Scholars: Meet Danielle Baker

Danielle Baker has long been concerned with human trafficking — the process whereby individuals are forced to endure inhumane abuses such as being forced into sexual slavery or subjected to organ removal and selling. But her mission to promote awareness about the growing multibillion-dollar industry has grown even stronger in the wake of recently losing someone close to her who was trafficked.

March 23, 2021

Saint Augustine’s University Finds a Visionary Leader in Dr. Christine Johnson McPhail

Now, Dr. Christine Johnson McPhail is set to lead Saint Augustine’s forward. And the college community—students, faculty and staff—will be all the more enriched by her bold and visionary leadership.

February 24, 2021

This Is Our Story: The Significance of the Black Church

Though church attendance has waned across the years, the power and influence of The Black Church cannot be overestimated. It has been a refuge and a sanctuary for African Americans against the widening forces of White supremacy and remains one of the most sacred institutions in America.

February 15, 2021

2021 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Krystal L. Williams

By her own account, Dr. Krystal L. Williams admittedly took an “indirect route” to her post as an assistant professor in the College of Education at The University of Alabama.

January 29, 2021

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2021 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Kendrick B. Davis

Relatively new to a full-time career in academe, Dr. Kendrick B. Davis was named chief research officer and associate professor of research at the University of Southern California’s (USC) Race and Equity Center in November. The appointment brings Davis’ work — particularly in the arena of public policy as well as science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) — full circle.

January 28, 2021

Higher Education Pioneer Dr. Samuel L. Myers Dead at 101

Dr. Samuel L. Myers Sr., a trained economist who served as president of Bowie State University before being named president of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), died on Jan 8, at the age of 101.

January 11, 2021

New “J-Term” at Loyola University New Orleans Puts Focus on Race, Equity and Inclusion

For the first time in its history, Loyola University New Orleans is currently offering its students two weeks of accelerated learning during the month of January. All of the 3-credit courses offered during the “J-Term” are free and relate to topics tied specifically to race, equity and inclusion.

January 10, 2021

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Lehigh University Rescinds Trump’s Honorary Degree

Lehigh University, the private research university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has rescinded and revoked the honorary degree that it awarded to President Donald J. Trump in 1988, according to The Brown and White student newspaper. The university announced the decision on Friday, two days after a group of Trump supporters violently led an insurrection at the […]

January 10, 2021

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