The
CTLT is pleased to announce that Dr. James A. Anderson, co-author and author of The
Unfinished Agenda: Brown v. Board of Education (2004) and Driving Change through
Diversity and Globalization—Transformative Leadership in the Academy (2007),
will be the keynote speaker at the ninth annual Teaching and Learning Symposium.
Dr. Anderson is the Chancellor of Fayetteville State University and a former professor
of psychology at the University of Albany in New York. Anderson served as UA’s
Vice President for Students Success and Vice Provost for Institutional Assessment and
Diversity from 2005-2007. There he led efforts to advance students’ academic success
and learning, promote diversity and inclusion, and strengthen community partnerships
and outreach.
Anderson has been active in professional, civic, and higher-education organizations,
which is reflected in his research and writing. His scholarship has focused on the assessment
of student learning, as well as the impact of diversity on student learning, retention,
and overall institutional effectiveness.
Currently serving on the Board of Trustees of Villanova University and the advisory
board of the International Center for Student Success and Institutional Accountability,
he has been honored with the Outstanding Contribution to Higher Education Award (2005)
from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators and the Outstanding
Service Award (2004) from the Commission on Human Resources and Social Change of the
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC). *
*Information taken from http://www.uncfsu.edu/chancellor/bio.htm
