Senior Staff Fellow, National Institute of Environmental Health Services, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1990-92. Provost and Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 2006-08 (associate professor, 1992-98 & professor, 1998-2008; program director, biomedical research program, 1993-2006; dean, college of basic & applied sciences, 2004-06). Interim Provost and Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 2008-09. Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio, 2009-12.
Born in Talladega, Alabama. Talladega College, B.A. (chemistry), 1977. Assistant Chemist, Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, Alabama, 1977-78. Substitute teacher, Beaufort, South Carolina, 1978-79. Atlanta University, Ph.D. (chemistry), 1987. Board of Directors, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, 2008-11; National Science Foundation Bio Advisory Board, 2009-12. Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1982-2000; Association for Women in Science (co-president, north carolina triangle, 1991-92); American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1987- (chair, minority affairs committee, 2004-06). Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation, 1993-98. Giant in Science Award, Quality Education for Minorities Network, 1997. Research Achievement Award, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, 1997. Excellence in Teaching Award, Board of Governors, University of North Carolina, 2000. Outstanding Faculty Mentor, North Carolina - Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, 2003.
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