Blackademics

Mar 21, 2018

Blackademics: Angela Gay, Empowering Students to Live Authentically

Photo contributed by Angela Gay Keilah Davis | Managing Editor Angela Gay is a second-year graduate student in the Educational Leadership, Policy and Human Development doctoral program at NC State. She joined the Women’s Center staff as graduate programming assistant in December 2016 and became assistant director one year later. As assistant director, Angela is responsible…

Feb 15, 2018

Blackademics: The Heroes of NC State Unmasked

Nubian Message Staff Here are nine NC State heroes we’ve highlighted in our Blackademics series. Paired with them are nine of the too few black superheroes in comics and, more recently, movies and TV shows. We used different criteria to match them up, but each of our heroes have something in common with their super…

Jan 31, 2018

Blackademics: Dr. Elan Hope

Alex Zachman/Staff Photographer Dr. Elan Hope is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology. Her lab’s primary research focus is at the intersection of education, civic engagement, and early childhood development. Originally From DC, Dr. Hope has made Raleigh her home since 2015.   Kennysha Woods | Staff Writer “I came to NC State because…

Nov 15, 2017

Blackademics: Stephen Ferguson

Jordan Taylor/Staff Photographer Stephen Clifford Ferguson is a new professor in the philosophy and religious studies department. He encourages students to get involved in philosophy because it can help develop a lot of critical thinking and logic skills. He teaches several courses, including Philosophy of Race and Africana political studies. Here he stands in Withers…

Sep 6, 2017

Blackademics: Moses T. Alexander Greene

Kai Anthony/Staff Photographer Moses T. Alexander Greene poses in front of the African American Cultural Center. Greene is the new director of the AACC, following the interim director, Dr. Frances Graham. Nicole Teague | Correspondent Moses T. Alexander Greene is the newest director of the African American Cultural Center. Greene earned his bachelor’s degree in African…

Aug 23, 2017

Blackademics: Dr. Jamila Simpson

Priyanka Kundeshwar/Photo Correspondent Dr. Jamila Simpson met to speak about her journey to getting her PhD on 23 August, 2017. She got her undergraduate degree in meteorology, and her master’s and PhD in science education at NC State. She encouraged students to “find a community of people that will support you on your personal journey”.…

Oct 25, 2016

BLACKADEMICS: Dr. Fredessa Hamilton A Professor Helping Illiteracy in America

Keilah Davis | Staff Writer “This is, technically speaking, my retirement career,” Dr. Hamilton said as she turned down the volume on a Major League Baseball radio broadcast. Her team was winning. Dr. Fredessa Hamilton, a 61-year-old undergraduate academic advisor and lecturer in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, earned her Ph.D. in Communication,…