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The African American Professors Program (AAPP) at the University of South Carolina is proud to publish the sixth edition of its annual monograph series. The program recognizes the significance of offering its scholars a venue for engaging actively in research and for publishing papers related thereto. Parallel with the publication of their refereed manuscripts is the opportunity to gain visibility among scholars throughout institutions worldwide.
Scholars who have contributed manuscripts for this monograph are to be commended for adding this additional responsibility to their academic workloads. 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 underrepresentation 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 AAPP products to a broader community. The importance of this monograph series has been voiced by one of our 2002 AAPP graduates, Dr. Shundele LaTjuan Dogan, a former Program Officer for the Southern Education Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia, a former Administrative Fellow at Harvard University, and currently a Senior Program Officer with the Arthur M. Blank Foundation, focusing on the Pathways to Success Initiative. 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 xi)
The African American Professors Program offers this 2006 publication as a contribution to its readership and hopes that you will be inspired by this select group of manuscripts.
John McFadden, Ph.D.
The Benjamin Elijah Mays Professor
Director, African American Professors Program
University of South Carolina
Publication Date
2006
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; Campbell, Dayna Ann; McClain, A. TaQuesa; Thompson, Winnifred W.; Bryan, Alvoy L. Jr.; Addison, Adrian D.; Brown, Nancy; Mingo, Vida; Nelson, Toby L.; Pearson, Melissa B.; Mingo, Valarie A.; Smith, Alexanderia; Deutsch, D. Samuel; Jones, Larry Edward Jr.; and Dunn, Tracy Harrell, "2006 AAPP Monograph American Series" (2006). Monograph Series. 9.
https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/mcfadden_monographs/9