McNair Scholars

Advisory Board

2019-20 Members

We are grateful for the time our Board members invest in choosing each cohort, advising Program Staff, and supporting the program. Advisory Board members are listed below along with each member's affiliation.

• Dr. Adolphus Belk - Professor, Political Science
• Ms. Monejah Black - Scholar, Mass Communication
• Dr. Tyrone Ceaser - Research Scientist (Exercise Science)
• Dr. Cheryl Fortner-Wood (ex-Officio) - Director, McNair Scholars Program and Professor, Psychology
• Dr. Victoria Frost - Assistant Professor, Biology
• Ms. Rose Gray - Director, TRiO Student Support Services (SSS) Program
• Dr. Wenonah Haire - DMD; Executive Director of the Catawba Cultural Preservation Project
• Dr. Gloria Jones (ex-Officio) - Dean, University College
• Dr. Willis Lewis - Associate Professor; Accounting, Finance & Economics
• Dr. Tenisha Powell, Associate Profesor, Early Childhood Education Program Director
• Dr. Karen Stock - Professor, Fine Arts
• Dr. Takita Sumter - Dean, College of Arts and Sciences &  Professor, Chemistry, Physics, & Geology
• Dr. Nicki Washington - Associate Professor; Computer Science & Quantitative Methods
• Dr. Brad Witzel - Professor, Counseling, Leadership, and Educational Studies

The Board and Program Staff are grateful for the valuable contributions of faculty who have served on the Board in past years, including Drs. Will Thacker (Ret., CSCI),  Jason Hurlbert (CHEM), Nick Grossoehme (CHEM), Heather Evans-Anderson (BIOL), Joe Rusinko (MATH), Kareema Gray (SCWK), and Shebby Neely-Goodwin (SCWK).

Similarly, an eligible student representative (our first year) and outstanding Scholars have provided important guidance in recruitment, selection, and program planning as members of the Advisory Board. Those students are listed below.

• 2018-19  James White          
• 2017-18  Jesslyn Park           
• 2016-17  Nicole McMullen 
• 2015-16  Ashley Causey    
• 2014-15  Sarah Wicks          
• 2013-14  Symone Calhoun   
• 2012-13  Ronald Nelson       
• 2011-12  Macreshia Salters  
• 2010-11  Alfred McLeod      
• 2009-10  Lilah Campbell