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Congratulations to Spelman's Newly Tenured and Promoted Faculty

Bhikhari Tharu
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Tapley Hall 330
404-270-5830, 404-270-5836 (fax) | btharu@spelman.edu
Angelino Viceisza
Professor of Economics
Giles Hall 403
404-270-6055
Erica Williams
Professor of Anthropology
Giles Hall 320
404-270-5647 | ewilli29@spelman.edu

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Khalilah Ali Wins Global Education Initiative Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad Award

Khalilah Odessa Ali, Ph.D., an assistant professor and admissions coordinator in education has been awarded the Global Education Initiative Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad (GPA) award, focusing on Afro-Brazilian curriculum development and research.
T. Lang Earns National Endowment for the Arts Grant for Arts Projects Award

T. Lang has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts Projects award. This grant will support Out From the Deep: A Meditation for Them Turners, a live immersive performance that will debut Summer 2024. This work holds significance to her company as Mary and Hayes Turner’s immense legacy on love is to be cherished, and it will be translated physically live and in augmented reality.
Dr. Gabriel Eljaiek-Rodriguez selected as a National Humanities Center Fellow 2024-2025

Dr. Gabriel Eljaiek-Rodriguez has been selected as a 2024–2025 UNCF Mellon Fellow at the National Humanities Center. This prestigious and competitive fellowship appoints a select group of scholars that “represent humanistic scholarship in African American studies; anthropology; archaeology; Asian American studies; East Asian studies; ethnomusicology; gender and sexuality studies; history; history of art and architecture; information studies; languages and literature; media studies; medieval studies; music history and musicology; philosophy; psychology; religious studies; and Slavic studies," among others.
Patricia Ventura Receives the American Studies Association-Japanese Association for American Studies Japan Residency and Fellowship

Patricia Ventura has received the American Studies Association-Japanese Association for American Studies Japan Residency and Fellowship. Ventura received one of only three awards in a highly competitive process funded by the US government's Japan-United States Friendship Commission to present the latest work in the field of American Studies.

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Faculty Excellence at Spelman College (PDF)

Spelman College believes in a holistic approach to learning and strives to create a cohesive academic and co-curricular experience that benefits each student.

The Spelman faculty is comprised of approximately 180 full-time teacher/scholars guiding more than 27 majors. Eighty-six percent of Spelman’s full-time faculty hold the Ph.D. or other terminal degree, and many are Spelman graduates.

Our student/faculty ratio of 10:1 allows for close mentoring and guidance so that our faculty and students develop bonds that last well into the future.

Read all about the outstanding work of some of our faculty in Faculty Excellence at Spelman College (PDF).