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ANTHONY L. JENKINS, Ph.D., President
Chair, West North Avenue Development Authority, 2021-. Member, Workgroup on Black Latino, Asian American Pacific Islander, and Other Underrepresented Behavioral Health Professionals, 2023-24; Equitech Growth Commission, 2023-.
President, West Virginia State University, July 2016 to May 2020.
Assistant Dean of Students, Northeastern Illinois University, 2001-05. Associate Dean of Students, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2005-06. Dean of Students, University of Houston-Clear Lake, 2007-10. Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, 2011-14. Senior Associate Vice-President for Student Development and Enrollment Services, University of Central Florida, 2015-16
Born in Washington, D.C. Served in U.S. Army (air defense artillery specialist), 1988-92. Fayetteville State University, B.S. (criminal justice & sociology),1995; North Carolina Central University, M.S. (criminology), 1997; Virginia Tech University, Ph.D. (educational leadership & policy studies), 2007. Member, Alpha Kappa Psi; Kappa Phi; Sigma Alpha Pi; Alpha Sigma Lambda; Omicron Delta Kappa; Alpha Phi Sigma; Order of Omega. Don Creamer Outstanding Alumni Award, Virginia Tech University, 2017. Social Change Award, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., 2018. Higher Education Power List, Daily Record, 2024. Married; two daughters.
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