Lily McNair

Lily McNair is an American academic administrator who serves as the president of Tuskegee University, a historically black university in Tuskegee, Alabama.

Lily McNair
Lily McNair in 2019
8th President of Tuskegee University
Assumed office
July 2018
Personal details
Alma materPrinceton University (B.A.)
Stony Brook University (M.A., Ph.D)

Early life

McNair is from New Jersey.[1] She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology at Princeton University, graduating in 1979.[2][3] She then earned her Master's and doctoral degrees from Stony Brook University.[2] Her thesis examined the alcohol consumption among female college students.[4] She worked as a psychologist in Poughkeepsie, New York at Vassar College and Stony Brook University.[5]

Research

After graduating from Stony Brook University, McNair joined the University of Georgia as an Associate Professor of Psychology in 1992.[2] She was the first African-American woman in the Department of Psychology to become a professor and became associate director of the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training program.[2]Her research was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and focused on community interventions targeting substance abuse in African-American Youth.[4] She was co-editor of Women: Images and Realities.[6][4]

McNair joined Spelman College in 2004, working as Associate Provost of Research.[4] She worked with NASA on a Women in Science and Engineering program that sought to increase the number of minority students in science and technology.[7] She also worked with the National Institutes of Health and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to ensure Spelman College became the leading institution for women of African descent.[8]

In 2011 McNair joined Wagner College as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.[4] While at Wagner College, she increased the diversity of faculty hired by 116%.[5] She established the annual Black History Month scholar symposium.[9] She is a Trustee of Integration Charter Schools.[10]

McNair has served as the eighth President of Tuskegee University since July 2018.[11][12]

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References
  1. "Dr. Lily McNair named provost, VP for academic affairs at Wagner College". SILive.com. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  2. Pennamon, Tiffany (2018-05-09). "Tuskegee Names Lily D. McNair as President". Diverse. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  3. "Newsmakers". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  4. "Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Provost's Office". Wagner. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  5. "Lily McNair" (PDF). Tuskegee. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  6. Women : images and realities : a multicultural anthology. Kelly, Suzanne M., Parameswaran, Gowri., Schniedewind, Nancy, 1947- (5th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. 2012. ISBN 9780073512310. OCLC 457167668.CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. "NASA - A Wise Choice". www.nasa.gov. Marilyn Lewis : MSFC;, Carl Person : HQ;, Mabel Matthews : HQ;, Stephanie Schierholz : HQ;, Heather R. Smith : NASA Educational Technology Services, Adrienne Stiff-Roberts : POC;, Monica Cox : POC;, Kelly Bolden : POC;, Dr. Cornelia Gillyard : Spelman College;, Flint Wild : MSFC;, Diedra Williams : MSFC;, Chekesha Liddell : POC. Retrieved 2018-05-20.CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. "STEM at Spelman: Shining Stars for Tomorrow's Needs" (PDF). NASA. 2009-10-21. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  9. "New video: 2017 BHM scholar Michael Ralph - Newsroom". Newsroom. 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  10. "Our Board - Integration Charter Schools". Integration Charter Schools. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  11. "Tuskegee university names eighth president". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  12. "Tuskegee University Selects First Woman To Serve As President". BECAUSE OF THEM, WE CAN. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
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