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Melva Newsom

Melva Newsom, Ph.D.

Dr. Newsom is committed to promoting diversity in the university community. She has studied the black/white achievement gap and currently directs Diversity Education and Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Positions

  • Director, Diversity Education and Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

 

Education

  • Ph.D., 2000, University of Dayton, Educational Leadership

 

Relevant Publications

  • Newsom, M. Cookie, Ervin, Archie. (2007) Navigating the river: Environmental scanning tenable programs and initiatives for students of color to withstand internal and external challenges. Still not Equal: Expanding Opportunity, New York: Peter Lang.
  • Newsom, M Cookie. (in press). Biography of Roger Badger in African American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Newsom, M. C. (2004). Benjamin Banneker: Black scholar, abolitionist, astronomer, surveyor (and planner?) of the District of Columbia. Community College Humanities Review, 25, 7-25.
  • Newsom, M. C., Ridenour, C., Kinnucan-Welsh, K. (2001). Is the tape off? African American respondents' spontaneous discussions of race and racism when the researcher is also African American. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED453349)
  • Newsom, M. C., Wimer, J., Ridenour, C., Kinnucan-Welsh, K. (2001). Different races, different stories: The juxtaposition of researcher reflexivity and race. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED453348)

 

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