The Office of the Provost

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Spelman College Provost

Pamela E. Scott-Johnson, Ph.D., C’82, is the new provost and vice president of Academic Affairs at Spelman. Prior to returning to Spelman, she served as the provost and senior vice president of Academic Affairs at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey.

From 2016-2022, she served as the dean of the College of Natural and Social Sciences at California State University Los Angeles. From 2013-2016, she served as the interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts. She is the former chairperson, professor of psychology and founding director of the Psychometrics Graduate Program at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Scott-Johnson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and graduated magna cum laude from Spelman in 1982, and a Master of Arts and Doctorate in Psychology and Neuroscience from Princeton University in 1984 and 1989, respectfully.

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Congratulations, Tenured and Promoted Faculty!

The Office of the Provost and the entire Spelman College community would like to recognize and congratulate its recently tenured and promoted faculty: Kai McCormack, Luis González-Barrios, Mentewab Ayalew, Patricia Ventura, Ph.D., Sarah RudeWalker and Tiffany Oliver for their excellence in teaching, scholarship and research. 

Presidential Faculty Awards at Spelman

• Danielle Dickens, Ph.D., Psychology
• Na'taki Osborne Jelks, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Environmental and Health Sciences

• Unislawa Williams, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Political Science
• Celeste Lee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Sociology and Anthropology

• Nicole Taylor, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Education

• Dorian Brown Crosby, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Political Science

Teaching Excellence Award, Vulcan Materials Company Award

• Fernanda Guida, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Portuguese, World Languages and Cultures