Five Black Scholars Selected for New Faculty Positions

Khadene Harris has been named an assistant professor in the department of anthropology and the Center for African and African American Studies at Rice University in Texas. She most recently served as an assistant professor of anthropology at Kenyon College in Ohio. Prior to her faculty position, she served as a postdoctoral fellow with the Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery in Charlottesville, Virginia. Dr. Harris received a bachelor’s degree in history and archaeology and a master’s degree in heritage studies from the University of the West Indies in Jamaica. She holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from Northwestern University in Illinois. Nakia Melecio has been appointed head of the Innovation Lab in the Enterprise Innovation Institute at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In addition to his new position, he will continue to serve in his current role as founding director of the university’s MedTech Center. Dr. Melecio received bachelor’s degrees in psychology and cognitive science, and a master’s degree in education, teaching, learning, and educational technology from Ashford University in Arizona. He holds a doctorate in educational psychology and leadership from the University of Arizona. Bettina Drake has been named the inaugural faculty director of the St. Louis Confluence Collaborative...