Scholar Spotlight Articles
Scholar Spotlight Articles
The SREB DSP has some of the most elite and accomplished scholars in the country. Highlighted below are some of those that are making a significant difference in their academic, local and global communities.
Two DSP grads prepare a generation of potential Ph.D. Scholars
In January 2016, the Doctoral Scholars Program staff re-established the DSP Service Grant. The $2,000 grant, supported by donations from program graduates and constituents, funds two service projects that are submitted by program graduates and helps graduates expand the educational experiences of the next generation of K-12 and undergraduate students.
Dr. Jamie Fisher
2013 DSP Program Graduate
Vanderbilt University
Speech Language Pathology
What is your mentoring style?
How one DSP grad found her mentoring method
Carrie Eaton is an associate professor of mathematics at Unity College in Unity, Maine. Eaton teaches interdisciplinary mathematics and mathematics pedagogy to undergraduate students. Along with her teaching load, she developed a professional development program at the University of Tennessee to improve teaching practices in undergraduate classrooms.
Eaton shares her experience and advice for those establishing their mentorship style.
Q. How did mentoring impact your doctoral program experience?
Dr. Christopher Whitt
Teaching Institution: Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois
Field of Study: Political Science
DSP graduate turned Institute recruiter
Dr. Harold Blanco
Teaching Institution: Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia
Field of Study: Instructional Technology
Leading the way for teachers in West Virginia.
Dr. Cynthia Taylor
Teaching Institution: University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas
Field of Study: Instructional Technology
Increasing transparency in financial accounting for the public, private and nonprofit sectors.
Dr. Thomas Washington
Teaching Institution: California State University, Long Beach, California
Field of Study: Social Work
A leader in HIV advocacy.
Dr. B. D’Andra Orey
Teaching Institution: Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi
Field of Study: Political Science
Motivating the next generation of researchers.
Dr. Venessa Funches
Teaching Institution: Auburn University, Montgomery, Alabama
Field of Study: Marketing
Preparing students for careers in hospitality.
Dr. Eric Hairston
Teaching Institution: Elon University, Elon, North Carolina
Field of Study: English/Law and Humanities
From Harlem to Hurston
Dr. Alexandria Graves
Teaching Institution: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
Field of Study: Soil Microbiology
Exposing URMs to a career in soil microbiology.
Melvin (Jai) Jackson
Teaching Institution: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Field of Study: Educational Research/Higher Education Administration
Dr. Karsonya Whitehead
Teaching Institution: University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland
Field of Study: Sociolinguistics
Tamika La Salle
700th program graduate
Teaching Institution: Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
Field of Study: School Psychology
Dr. Robert Osgood
Teaching Institution: University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Field of Study: Biology
