New Appointments for Five Black Administrators in Higher Education

Phenicia McCullough has been appointed vice president of human resources, diversity, and inclusion at California State University, Fullerton. She has nearly three decades of higher education experience with the California State University system. McCullough holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in human resources development from the University of Texas at Tyler. TK Smith has been appointed curator of the arts of Africa and Africana diaspora in the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University in Atlanta. He comes to his new position from the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he served as the assistant curator for the art of African diaspora. Previously, he was the inaugural Tina Dunkley Fellow at the Clark Atlanta University Museum. Smith holds a bachelor’s degree in English and African American studies and a master’s degree in American studies from Saint Louis University in Missouri. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in the history of American civilization from the University of Delaware. Ron Darbeau has been named associate vice president for Commonwealth campuses at Pennsylvania State University. He will retain his current role as chancellor of the Penn State Altoona campus. He has held several academic and administrative roles at McNeese...