Camellia Okpodu
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Camellia Moses Okpodu (born January 24, 1964 in Portsmouth, Virginia), is a college professor and dean.
Education and early life[]
Camellia Okpodu graduated in 1982 from West Brunswick High School, Shallotte, North Carolina. She received both her undergraduate and postgraduate education from North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina), earning a B.S. in Biochemistry (1987) and a Ph.D. in Plant Physiology and Biochemistry (1994).
In 1984, Camellia became the first Black woman[1] to hold the title for Miss Brunswick County, a preliminary scholarship pageant for Miss America.
Career[]
Okpodu is a dean at the University of Wyoming as of 2021.[citation needed] She was also a biology professor and dean at Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA), a professor and chair at Norfolk State University (NSU),[citation needed] and was the 2007–2008 American Council of Education Fellow.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ Rimm, Sylvia (5 August 2009). See Jane Win for Girls (EasyRead ed.). ISBN 9781442998063.
- American women biochemists
- Living people
- 1964 births
- American women biologists
- 20th-century American women scientists
- Elizabeth City State University faculty
- Norfolk State University faculty
- North Carolina State University alumni
- American women academics
- 21st-century American women