Tuesdays Together Higher Education National Speaker Series Conversation: Careers in Students Affairs

Date

Oct 17, 2023

Time

12 p.m.

Location

Zoom Meeting

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Add to Calendar 2023-10-17 12:00:00 2024-08-11 21:25:27 Tuesdays Together Higher Education National Speaker Series Conversation: Careers in Students Affairs Join us for this speaker series! The North Carolina Central University School of Education's Higher Education Administration Graduate Program invites you to the Careers in Student Affairs October 2023 Tuesdays Together National Speaker Series conversation with Dr. Pernella Rowena Deams. The conversation is scheduled for Tuesday, October 17, 2023, from 12 to 1 p.m. via Zoom. Dr. Deams serves as senior vice president for student life and success and United Negro College Fund (UNCF) transformation officer at Talladega College. She is an academic administrator, formerly serving in the role of vice president for Student Engagement and Campus Life at Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Kentucky. She previously served in the role of dean of Student Leadership, Conduct, and Health at Kentucky State University. Additional administrative experience includes department chair/associate professor of Psychology at Talladega College, in Talladega, Alabama and department Head/associate professor of Sociology and Psychology at Grambling State University, in Grambling, Louisiana. She is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Southern University and A&M College (Baton Rouge), completing dual Bachelor of Science degrees in both Psychology and Sociology. Her Master of Science degree was completed in the CACREP-accredited program in Counseling Psychology at the University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg). Dr. Deams earned her Doctor of Philosophy degree in the APA-accredited program in Counseling Psychology at Tennessee State University (Nashville). Her clinical education includes internship placements at Vanderbilt University Psychological and Counseling Center, Vanderbilt Adult Psychiatry Center, and University of Memphis Center for Counseling, Learning, and Testing. As a life-long learner, she recently completed certifications in Post-Crisis Leadership and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace through the University of South Florida, Muma College of Business and the Women In Education Leadership Program through the Harvard University Graduate School of Education. Pernella Deams is a fellow of the Iota cohort of the Higher Education Leadership Foundation (HELF), Leadership Institute and an Academic Leadership Academy Fellow of the Bluegrass Higher Education Consortium. Dr. Deams engages in many areas of academic service; she previously served as a Tennessee Board of Regents academic auditor. In addition, Deams currently serves as a SACSCOC peer evaluator and also served as a member of the SACSCOC Board of Trustees Ad Hoc Committee on Substantive Change, representing all colleges and universities in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. She provides executive level service as a newly appointed member of the Black Alliance for Colleges and Employers (BACE) Board and National Executive Council. With a background as a two-time Historically Black College and University graduate, Dr. Deams is drawn to serving within the HBCU community and supporting the professional development of HBCU students. Deams considers herself to be an HBCU “enthusiast-advocate”; she is passionate about student mentorship and encouraging students to pursue graduate school. The conversation will be moderated by Dr. Tryan L. McMickens, associate professor of Higher Education and Director of the Higher Education Administration Program, at North Carolina Central University. Join the Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 817 2336 4048 Passcode: HEA2023 North Carolina Central University [email protected] America/New_York public

Join us for this speaker series!

The North Carolina Central University School of Education's Higher Education Administration Graduate Program invites you to the Careers in Student Affairs October 2023 Tuesdays Together National Speaker Series conversation with Dr. Pernella Rowena Deams. The conversation is scheduled for Tuesday, October 17, 2023, from 12 to 1 p.m. via Zoom.

Dr. Deams serves as senior vice president for student life and success and United Negro College Fund (UNCF) transformation officer at Talladega College. She is an academic administrator, formerly serving in the role of vice president for Student Engagement and Campus Life at Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Kentucky. She previously served in the role of dean of Student Leadership, Conduct, and Health at Kentucky State University. Additional administrative experience includes department chair/associate professor of Psychology at Talladega College, in Talladega, Alabama and department Head/associate professor of Sociology and Psychology at Grambling State University, in Grambling, Louisiana. She is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Southern University and A&M College (Baton Rouge), completing dual Bachelor of Science degrees in both Psychology and Sociology. Her Master of Science degree was completed in the CACREP-accredited program in Counseling Psychology at the University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg). Dr. Deams earned her Doctor of Philosophy degree in the APA-accredited program in Counseling Psychology at Tennessee State University (Nashville).

Her clinical education includes internship placements at Vanderbilt University Psychological and Counseling Center, Vanderbilt Adult Psychiatry Center, and University of Memphis Center for Counseling, Learning, and Testing. As a life-long learner, she recently completed certifications in Post-Crisis Leadership and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace through the University of South Florida, Muma College of Business and the Women In Education Leadership Program through the Harvard University Graduate School of Education. Pernella Deams is a fellow of the Iota cohort of the Higher Education Leadership Foundation (HELF), Leadership Institute and an Academic Leadership Academy Fellow of the Bluegrass Higher Education Consortium.

Dr. Deams engages in many areas of academic service; she previously served as a Tennessee Board of Regents academic auditor. In addition, Deams currently serves as a SACSCOC peer evaluator and also served as a member of the SACSCOC Board of Trustees Ad Hoc Committee on Substantive Change, representing all colleges and universities in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. She provides executive level service as a newly appointed member of the Black Alliance for Colleges and Employers (BACE) Board and National Executive Council. With a background as a two-time Historically Black College and University graduate, Dr. Deams is drawn to serving within the HBCU community and supporting the professional development of HBCU students. Deams considers herself to be an HBCU “enthusiast-advocate”; she is passionate about student mentorship and encouraging students to pursue graduate school.

The conversation will be moderated by Dr. Tryan L. McMickens, associate professor of Higher Education and Director of the Higher Education Administration Program, at North Carolina Central University.

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Meeting ID: 817 2336 4048
Passcode: HEA2023

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