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Congratulations to Spelman's Newly Tenured and Promoted Faculty

Moon Charania
Associate Professor
- International Studies
Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby, Ed.D. Academic Center 403
404-270-5224 | mcharani@spelman.edu
Natalie Watson-Singleton
Associate Professor
- Psychology
Giles Hall 317
404-270-5634
Shanina Sanders Johnson
Associate Professor
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
Albro-Falconer-Manley Science Center 379
404-270-5758 | ssande15@spelman.edu
Yonas Tekle
Vice Chair and Professor
- Biology
Albro-Falconer-Manley Science Center 271
404-270-5779 | ytekle@spelman.edu

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).

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Dr. Williams and Dr. Allen Receive The Stuart Hall Outstanding Mentor Award

The Caribbean Philosophical Association has selected Gertrude Gonzalez de Allen and Al-Yasha Williams as this year’s recipient of the Stuart Hall Outstanding Mentorship Award. It is an honor bestowed on an eminent scholar whose mentorship has cultivated an outstanding community of artists, scholars, teachers, or political activists in and beyond the academy.
Angelino Viceisza Appointed to BIFAD's Inaugural Subcommittee to Address Climate and Global Food Crisis

Angelino C. G. Viceisza, Ph.D., Professor of Economics at Spelman College, has been named as a key member of The Board for International and Agricultural Development’s (BIFAD) Subcommittee on Systematic Solutions for Climate Change Adaption and Mitigation in Agricultural, Nutrition, and Food Systems.
Maria Clark Releases New Album

Maria Clark, senior instructor in voice and applied studies coordinator, recently released a new album of spirituals and hymns in collaboration with Maria Thompson Corley and Ismail Akbar.
Rosetta Ross Receives Grant from the Henry Luce Foundation

Rosetta E. Ross, Ph.D., professor of religion, received a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to develop digital and physical archives to highlight Black women religious leaders’ contributions to religious communities and activism in the United States.