Current Scholars
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Maxwell Akonde - EpidemiologyGJMPP Date: August 2020 Hometown: Sandema - Ghana Faculty Mentor Career Plan: To become a cancer and infectious disease epidemiologist. What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? GJMPP provides both a family and an intellectual resource for me. It is a platform where I hope to connect and collaborate with people not just in the now, but for future activities as well. The workshops, seminars and activities are equally tailored preparing me for my career path. |
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Douglas J. Archie III - Clinical-Community PsychologyGJMPP Date: August 2015 Hometown: Tampa, Florida Faculty Mentor Career Plans: Professorship/Research What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? |
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Shanikque Blackwell - Health Services Policy & ManagementGJMPP Date: August 2021 Hometown: Abbeville, South Carolina Faculty Mentor Career Plans: To pursue a professorship and perform research on health disparities and inequities. What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? |
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Mia J. Brantley – SociologyGJMPP Date: August 2018 Hometown: Meridian, Mississippi Career Plans: To pursue research that addresses health disparities in the United States and the opportunity to teach, mentor, and train the next generation of scholars from underrepresented backgrounds. What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? |
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Ramelle Brooks - Voice Performance, MusicGJMPP Date: August 2017 Hometown:Fayetteville, North Carolina Faculty Mentor Career Plans: Teach college level music What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? |
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Anthony T. Carr - Educational Studies / Counselor EducationGJMPP Date: August 2017 Hometown:Adelphi, Maryland Faculty Mentor Career Plans: Professor What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? |
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Samantha L. Case - Environmental Health SciencesGJMPP Date: July 2016 Hometown: Denver, Colorado Faculty Mentor Career Plans: To pursue a position in risk management and compliance with an emphasis on manufactured goods Publications/Presentations: Outdoor Urban Nanomaterials: The emergence of a new, integrated, and critical field of study 2016; Science for the Total Environment 7/1/2016 557-558: 740-53 What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? |
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Brittany Crawford - EpidemiologyGJMPP Date: August 2021 What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? GJMPP provides me with the opportunity to connect with a diverse and supportive community of professions with similar experiences. I am confident that the networking opportunities, in addition to the workshops and activities, will foster my professional development and prepare me to excel in academia as a professor. |
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Larissa Daniels-Hill - AnthropologyGJMPP Date: August 2021 Hometown: Colorado Springs, Colorado Faculty Mentor What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? The Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program is an opportunity to promote both diversification within the professorate and knowledge proliferation between disciplines. The opportunity to engage with diverse scholarship in this program is beneficial in creating contacts between fields and allows for broader thought and method development in the future. |
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Brittany Davis - Social WorkGJMPP Date: August 2019 Hometown: Bessemer, NC Faculty Mentor Career Plans: To obtain tenure-track Professor position. What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? For me, GJMPP is a safe space for me to learn and grow as an African American PhD student and educator. GJMPP is also a source of financial support that helps me to redirect financial concerns to increased focus and attention on my studies. |
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David K. Y. Denteh – StatisticsGJMPP Date: August 2018 Hometown: Jacksonville, Florida Career Plans: To become a professor of statistics at a leading university What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? |
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Franklin J. Gause – Special EducationGJMPP Date: August 2018 Hometown: Loris, South Carolina Career Plans: To teach collegiate course and produce publications and research in Special Education What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you |
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Timothy (Blake) Hite - AnthropologyGJMPP Date: August 2020 Hometown: Pembroke, NC Faculty Mentor Career Plans: Tenure Track Professor What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? It means that I am able to meet and work with scholars from various academic disciplines with the same goal; to change the face of academia. |
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Akeen L. Hamilton – Health Promotion, Education and BehaviorGJMPP Date: August 2018 Hometown: Burlington, North Carolina Career Plans: To obtain a Post-Doc appointment for HIV Prevention research What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? |
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Theresa M. Harrison – Educational Foundations and InquiryGJMPP Date: August 2018 Hometown: Cleveland, Tennessee Faculty Mentor Career Plans: To obtain a faculty position in a higher education administration program and continue to conduct research on community engagement What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? |
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Marco Hernandez - BiologyGJMPP Date: August 2021 Hometown: Seattle, Washington Faculty Mentor: Dr. Katie Kathrein Career Plan: I would like to teach biology at the undergraduate level, preferentially in an institution with a large population of minority students. Career Plans: The GMPP is a stepping stone that will help me to gain experience in teaching and mentoring. This way, I can incorporate these skills into my personal tool kit and utilize them while giving back to my future students. |
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Gwen Hopper - Analytical ChemistryGJMPP Date: August 2021 Hometown: Kings Mountain, North Carolina Faculty Mentor Career Plans: My career goals involve teaching general chemistry and environmental/aquatic chemistry at the university level while continuing water quality related research. In addition to teaching and research, I would like to work towards making information from scientific research more accessible to the public in terms of what is happening in the sciences, the influence of policy and management, and what this means for specific communities. Outside of academia, I look forward to participating in diversity, equity, and inclusion work within the sciences through outreach programs in under-funded communities What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? |
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Cynthia D. Duncan Joseph - Political ScienceGJMPP Date: August 2017 Hometown:Buffalo, New York Faculty Mentor Career Plans: Teach at a liberal arts four year college/university What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? |
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Christian Lampkin - Music - Flute PerformanceGJMPP Date: August 2021 Hometown: Denver, Colorado Faculty Mentor Career Plans: To teach at a college or university. What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? GJMPP means the opportunity to leave the world better than I found it. It means the chance to honor all people of color that came before me and fought for my right to be educated. It also means having the opportunity to establish the visibility of BIPOC professionals. This program allows me to continue establishing and culturally sustaining my passion for educating Black youth. |
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Kenya Moore - Exercise ScienceGJMPP Date: August 2021 Hometown: Sanford, Florida Faculty Mentor GJMPP is an opportunity to collaborate with a group of other minority scholars and will provide the opportunity for me to have development and training to reach academic/professional success and further my ability to serve my community. This program will help me be a professor with impact and I am grateful for the support and empowerment to excel as a young professional. |
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Christina Myers - Mass CommunicationsGJMPP Date: August 2020 Hometown: Irmo , SC Faculty Mentor Career Plans: Journalist and Tenure - Track Professor Publications: “The Movement in the Message: Bob Dylan, Ideology and the Lived Experiences of African Americans During the Civil Rights Movement” – presented at AEJMC Annual Conference 2020 What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? GJMPP is an opportunity to be part of a legacy of academic excellence at USC, surrounded by young professionals who are striving to make an impact in scholarship while giving back to our community. I am humbled, honored, and excited to learn from my peers and distinguished faculty. |
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Prince Nii Ossah Addo - EpidemiologyGJMPP Date: August 2021 Hometown: Accra-Ghana Faculty Mentor Career Plans: Become a college professor, where I can endeavor to have a positive impact on public health through research and teaching. What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? I am convinced that the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program will help me to realize my professional goals and equip me to make the most constructive contribution possible to the lives of others. Furthermore, the faculty mentorship and professional development opportunities will equip me with knowledge and research skills to join the public health experts in the world to combat preventable illnesses such as HIV and other associated mental health conditions, in order to have healthier populations. |
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Alana Perez - PoetryGJMPP Date: August 2020 Hometown: Providence, RI Faculty Mentor Career Plan: I hope to follow a career that allows me to publish books that incorporate my poetic and academic voices. Currently, I am a Writing Coach for McNair Scholars at Rhode Island College; I hope to continue to help people become better writers. Additionally, I hope to expand my creative pursuits beyond poetry in a way that inspires truth and community building. Publications: What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? A community of like-minded scholars drawing from similar backgrounds and shared experiences. It’s an honor to be part of this. |
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Don S. Polite, Jr. - HistoryGJMPP Date: August 2016 Hometown:Bronx, New York Faculty Mentor Career Plans: Tenure Track Professor/Director of Cultural Heritage Institution Publications/Presentations: What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? |
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Sowmya Raghu - Mechanical EngineeringGJMPP Date: August 2021 Hometown: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Faculty Mentor Career Plans: To become a Professor in Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? |
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Lauren D. Reid - Public Health/EpidemiologyGJMPP Date: August 2017 Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia Faculty Mentor Career Plans: University Professor and Director of Health Department Publications/ Presentations: “Hot Fitness Trends to promote health and physical activity in minority communities”, Symposium presented at American College of Sports Medicine conference, June 2017 What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? |
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Nancy Uriegas - Exercise ScienceGJMPP Date: August 2019 Hometown: Humble, TX Faculty Mentor Major: Exercise Science Career Plans: To pursue research that focuses on Feeding and Eating, Athletic Triad and Energy Availability in performing arts, and athletics, and to teach within a professional Athletic Training Program. Publications: “Perceived Gastrointestinal Distress Symptoms Among University Marching Band Musicians” – Journal of Athletic Training, 2019 What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? |
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Janay Vacharasin - Biomedical ScienceGJMPP Date: August 2019 Faculty Mentor Career Plans: To be a professor. Publications: “Unlocking the Secrets of the RNF 138 E3 Ubiquitin Ligase during HR Mediated Repair of DNA Double-Strand Breaks”; “Elucidating the Role of TMF1 in Neuronal Development” What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? This program will help me develop towards my goal of becoming a professor, while at the same time I can stay engaged with my community and develop my transferable skills. |
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Denetra D. Walker – Journalism and Mass CommunicationsGJMPP Date: August 2018 Hometown: Houston, Texas Career Plans: Professor What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? It’s a great opportunity to learn, network and fellowship with a diverse group of professionals who strengthen and diversify academia |
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Julián García Walther - Biological ScienceGJMPP Date: August 2019 Hometown: Mexico Faculty Mentor Career Plans: Work in academia and in nature conservation related projects. What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you?
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Serge Wandji - Nursing ScienceGJMPP Date: August 2021 Hometown: Douala, Cameroon Faculty Mentor Career Plans: Professorship, and conducting population health Research in underserved rural communities in the South of the United States and in Africa. What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? |
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James White III - Exercise ScienceGJMPP Date: August 2021 Hometown: Fort Mill, South Carolina Faculty Mentor Career Plans: To pursue a career in academia. What does the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program mean to you? |