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Meet Our Political Science Alumni HBCU Presidents

Meet Our Alumni Presidents of Colleges and Universities

Over the span of its existence, CAU and its parent institutions, Atlanta University (1965) and Clark College (1969), have produced a total of 14 university and college presidents. The Dr. Mack Henry Jones Department of Political Science alone produced seven (7) of that total: six graduates of our doctoral program and one former department chair.​​​​

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Mary Holmes College President, 2000 - 2003 

(Ph.D., Political Science, Atlanta University, 1976)

Dr. Nathaniel R. Jackson

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Arkansas Baptist College President, 2016 - 2017​​​​

(Ph.D., Political Science, Clark Atlanta University, 2009)

Dr. Joseph L. Jones

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Mississippi Valley State University President, 1998 - 2007

Jarvis Christian College President, 2012 - 2023

(Ph.D., Political Science, Atlanta University, 1987)

Dr. Lester C. Newman

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Morris College President: 2024 - Present

(Ph.D., Political Science Clark Atlanta University, 2001)

Dr. Said Sewell

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Alabama State University President: 2012

(Ph.D., Political Science, Atlanta University, 1980)

Dr. Joseph H. Silver, Sr.

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Johnson C. Smith University President, 1994 - 2008

Shaw University President, 2009 - 2010, 2011 - 2013

(Ph.D., Political Science, Atlanta University, 1978)

Dr. Dorothy Cowser Yancy

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Dillard University President: 1975 - 1997

(Political Science Chair, Atlanta Universty, 1956 - 1966)

Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook

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