Transforming Academia: Six Groundbreaking Black Scholars Take the Helm as Deans in Higher Education

Judette Louis has been appointed as the dean of the Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University. Prior to this, she held the James M. Ingram Professorship and led the USF Health Perinatal Intensive Care Center at the University of South Florida, with degrees from Johns Hopkins and Drexel University.Kimberly Poole has been elevated to associate vice president and dean of students at Clemson University, where she has played a vital role since 2005.Matthew Johnson-Roberson has been named dean at Vanderbilt University’s College of Connected Computing, transitioning from Carnegie Mellon, with an emphasis on robotics.