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. 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. Jason Hurlbert - Associate Professor, Chemistry, Physics, & Geology
- 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 (NC&T McNair Scholar)
- Dr. Karen Stock - Professor, Fine Arts
- 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). Dr. Takita Sumter - Dean, College of Arts and Sciences & Professor, Chemistry, Physics, & Geology has been a longstanding Board member and is taking leave from the Board this year,
her first year as Dean.
An eligible student representative (our first year) and outstanding Winthrop McNair
Scholars have provided important guidance in recruitment, selection, and program planning
as members of the Advisory Board. Those students are listed below.
- 2019-20 Monejah Black
- 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
