About > Professional Highlights
- First generation college attendee
- Three degrees from the University of Illinois
- Advanced leadership training at Harvard University, Howard University and the University of South Carolina School of Business
- Over twenty years experience in higher education – Professor, Department Chair, Dean
- Author of numerous articles, book chapters and research reports
- Director of 22 doctoral dissertations
- Generator of $1,458,000 in grant funds; collaborator on $10 million NSF grant
- International projects in South Africa and The Netherlands
- Project evaluator on ten grants, including NSF, SCDOE, Danforth Foundation
- High school mathematics teacher in inner-city Chicago
- High school administrator in Wisconsin and South Carolina
- Provided leadership training for a large number of South Carolina’s current principals and superintendents
- Worked with many of South Carolina’s low-performing schools and districts to identify causes and recommend solutions
