Lily McNair
Lily McNair | |
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![]() Lily McNair in 2019 | |
8th President of Tuskegee University | |
Assumed office July 2018 | |
Personal details | |
Alma mater | Princeton University (B.A.) Stony Brook University (M.A., Ph.D) |
Lily McNair is an American academic administrator who served as the president of Tuskegee University, a historically black university in Tuskegee, Alabama, from 2018 to 2020.
Biography[]
Early life and education[]
McNair is from New Jersey.[1] She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology at Princeton University, graduating in 1979.[2][3] She then earned her Master's and doctoral degrees from Stony Brook University.[2] Her thesis examined alcohol consumption among female college students.[4]
During school, she worked as a psychologist in Poughkeepsie, New York at Vassar College and Stony Brook University.[5]
Academic career[]
After graduating from Stony Brook University, McNair joined the University of Georgia as an Associate Professor of Psychology in 1992.[2] She was the first African-American woman in the Department of Psychology to become a professor and became associate director of the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training program.[2] Her research was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and focused on community interventions targeting substance abuse in African-American Youth.[4] She was co-editor of Women: Images and Realities.[6][4]
McNair joined Spelman College in 2004, working as Associate Provost of Research.[4] She worked with NASA on a Women in Science and Engineering program that sought to increase the number of minority students in science and technology.[7] She also worked with the National Institutes of Health and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to ensure Spelman College became the leading institution for women of African descent.[8]
In 2011 McNair joined Wagner College as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.[4] While at Wagner College, she increased the diversity of faculty hired by 116%.[5] She established the annual Black History Month scholar symposium.[9] She is a Trustee of Integration Charter Schools.[10]
McNair was appointed as the eighth President of Tuskegee University in July 2018.[11][12] She later took medical leave in January 2020, and it was announced on March 26th, 2021, that she would not be returning to the university.
References[]
- ^ "Dr. Lily McNair named provost, VP for academic affairs at Wagner College". SILive.com. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Pennamon, Tiffany (2018-05-09). "Tuskegee Names Lily D. McNair as President". Diverse. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
- ^ "Newsmakers". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Provost's Office". Wagner. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Lily McNair" (PDF). Tuskegee. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
- ^ Women : images and realities : a multicultural anthology. Kelly, Suzanne M., Parameswaran, Gowri., Schniedewind, Nancy, 1947- (5th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. 2012. ISBN 9780073512310. OCLC 457167668.CS1 maint: others (link)
- ^ "NASA - A Wise Choice". www.nasa.gov. Marilyn Lewis : MSFC;, Carl Person : HQ;, Mabel Matthews : HQ;, Stephanie Schierholz : HQ;, Heather R. Smith : NASA Educational Technology Services, Adrienne Stiff-Roberts : POC;, Monica Cox : POC;, Kelly Bolden : POC;, Dr. Cornelia Gillyard : Spelman College;, Flint Wild : MSFC;, Diedra Williams : MSFC;, Chekesha Liddell : POC. Retrieved 2018-05-20.CS1 maint: others (link)
- ^ "STEM at Spelman: Shining Stars for Tomorrow's Needs" (PDF). NASA. 2009-10-21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-01-13. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
- ^ "New video: 2017 BHM scholar Michael Ralph - Newsroom". Newsroom. 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
- ^ "Our Board - Integration Charter Schools". Integration Charter Schools. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
- ^ "Tuskegee university names eighth president". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
- ^ "Tuskegee University Selects First Woman To Serve As President". BECAUSE OF THEM, WE CAN. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
- American psychologists
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- Tuskegee University faculty
- African-American psychologists
- Stony Brook University alumni
- Princeton University alumni
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- 21st-century psychologists