When Aliakbar Montazer Haghighi left his 17-year post at Benedict College in South Carolina (and before that, teaching and researching in Iran, Canada, and California), he knew he wanted to continue his career at a historically black college and university (HBCU).
I have been teaching online at PVAMU [Prairie View A&M University] since 2009, but this past semester really pushed my limits as an educator because I had to think about new ways to engage students, be flexible with my assignments, and be far more transparent about my expectations of students. Near the end of the [...]
While William T. Hoston, Ph.D., only joined Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) last fall, he has wasted no time immersing himself in the community. Currently a professor of political science, director of the Mellon Center for Faculty Excellence, and interim associate dean of the Marvin D. and June Samuel Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences, Hoston returned [...]
In response to COVID-19, researchers at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) are turning to the medicinal properties found in plants to help fight the pandemic. Sameh Abdelwahed, assistant professor of chemistry at PVAMU, is the principal investigator (PI) of a project that seeks to develop antiviral plant products that can create macronutrients, micronutrients, and phytochemicals to fight [...]
It took Alfredo Fernandez, Ph.D., associate professor of Spanish at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), nine years to write his novel, “Domino de Dictadores.” (It was published this past fall by Ilion Verlag Editors in Germany.) The book is part of a trilogy, which is now complete. Fernandez, who started teaching at PVAMU in 2001, shares [...]
When Malachi D. Crawford, Ph.D., was growing up, he would often sit in his room, near the wall, and write in the air, occasionally turning around to explain a concept to his imaginary students. Since he’d often been kicked out of class for being disruptive, it was more than a little strange.
June is African American Music Appreciation Month, and given the bizarre experiences created by the global pandemic and the ongoing epidemic of murder at the hands of rogue law enforcement officers, now is the perfect time to dig into and celebrate the richness of the African American experience through our music.
After teaching her first virtual film and television production class amid COVID-19 restrictions, Terésa Dowell-Vest knew she needed to get creative in planning out the remainder of the semester.
Research is an essential component to academics, and Prairie View A&M University has long been a leader in allowing professors and students to showcase their work. The university’s faculty are recognized as leaders in their field, and they provide exceptional opportunities for students to conduct research of their own.
“No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized.” Booker T. Washington spoke these words in 1895. Thirty years after the end of the Civil War, and thirty years after the so-called emancipation of black slaves. In the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, many [...]
