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The African American Professors Program (AAPP) at the University of South Carolina is proud to publish the tenth edition of its annual monograph series. The program recognizes the significance of offering its scholars a venue to engage actively in research and to publish papers related thereto. Parallel with the publication of their refereed manuscripts is the opportunity to gain visibility among scholars throughout institutions in international settings.
Scholars who have contributed papers for this monograph are to be commended for recognizing the value of including this responsibility within their academic milieu. Writing across disciplines adds to the intellectual diversity of these papers. From neophytes, relatively speaking, to an array of very experienced individuals, the chapters have been researched and comprehensively written.
Founded in 1997 through the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies in the College of Education, AAPP was designed to address the under-representation of African American professors on college and university campuses. Its mission is to expand the pool of these professors in critical academic and research areas. Sponsored by the University of South Carolina, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and the South Carolina General Assembly, the program recruits doctoral students for disciplines in which African Americans currently are underrepresented among faculty in higher education.
The continuation of this monograph series is seen as responding to a window of opportunity to be sensitive to an academic expectation of graduates as they pursue career placement and, at the same time, one that allows for the dissemination of products of scholarship to a broader community. The importance of this monograph series has been voiced by one of our 2002 AAPP graduates, Dr. Shundele LaTjuan Dogan, formerly an Administrative Fellow at Harvard University, a Program Officer for the Southern Education Foundation, and a Program Officer for the Arthur M. Blank Foundation in Atlanta, Georgia. She is currently a Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs Manager for IBM-International Business Machines in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Dogan wrote:
"One thing in particular that I want to thank you for is having the African American Professors Program scholars publish articles for the monograph. I have to admit that writing the articles seemed like extra work at the time. However, in my recent interview process, organizations have asked me for samples of my writing. Including an article from a published monograph helped to make my portfolio much more impressive. You were 'right on target' in having us do the monograph series." (AAPP 2003 Monograph, p. x)
The African American Professors Program continues its tradition as a promoter of scholarship in higher education as evidenced through the inspiration from this group of interdisciplinary manuscripts. I hope that you will accept these published papers as serving an invaluable contribution to your own professional and career development.
John McFadden, Ph.D.
The Benjamin Elijah Mays Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Director, African American Professors Program
University of South Carolina
Publication Date
2010
Publisher
African American Professors Program, University of South Carolina
City
Columbia, SC
Keywords
African American Professors Program, University of South Carolina
Rights
© African American Professors Program, University of South Carolina
Disciplines
African American Studies | Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies
Recommended Citation
McFadden, John; Jasinski, Tonya M.; Palmer, Anthony; Brown, Charity L.; King, Athena M.; Wragg, Regina Evarn; Martin, Frank C. II; Brown, Sharla Benson; Wills, Lisa E.; Ellis, Jamelle H.; and McClain, A TaQuesa, "2010 AAPP Monograph Series: African American Professors Program" (2010). Monograph Series. 2.
https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/mcfadden_monographs/2