Temilola Salami, Ph.D. PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Jan. 18, 2023) - As an undergraduate psychology major at Canada’s prestigious McGill University, Temilola Salami, Ph.D., discovered the best way for her to study was by turning her lecture notes and class materials into presentations. She would consolidate everything into slides and deliver lectures to invisible [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 27, 2022) - Jeffrey Streator, Ph.D., may be new to Prairie View A&M University this year, but he brings with him more than 30 years of experience in mechanical engineering. Jeffrey Streator, Ph.D. Streator, a professor and head of PVAMU’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, recently made the move from [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (January 26, 2022) - Prairie View A&M University Assistant Professor of Sociology Dr. Michael D. Royster is no stranger to the classroom, as his educational teaching journey began nearly 28 years ago. “My teaching career began in 1993 in the Texas Public School System, including Houston I.S.D., Royal I.S.D., and Cypress-Fairbanks I.S.D. [...]
Logan Yelderman, Ph.D. PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (August 3, 2021) - Assistant Professor Logan Yelderman, Ph.D., typically begins his classes at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) with a story. They are usually relevant to his lectures in psychology, such as how scorpion venom affects ion channels in the brain or how sharks use mechanoreceptors [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 29, 2021) - Engineer. Attorney. Teacher. Students in Dr. Lealon Martin’s chemical engineering thermodynamics, process modeling and simulation, and senior design classes at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) are getting an assistant professor with an intriguing background and a lot on his plate. And, in his words, they are getting someone [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 20, 2021) - “I haven't been teaching very long,” Beverly Roberts ’72 ’78 said. “I've only been teaching for 49 years.” Beverly Roberts ’72 ’78 It’s that kind of winning attitude that has led Roberts, Prairie View A&M University’s (PVAMU) interim director of Clinical Teaching and Field Experiences, to [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas - Educators have a unique opportunity to shape students’ futures. The best ones not only share knowledge but also inspire, challenge, and spark curiosity to make learning a lifelong journey. When a student encounters an exceptional teacher, it can change his or her life. E. Gloria C. Regisford, Ph.D. Prairie [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 1, 2020) - Katina L. Thomas, Ed.D., joined the faculty of Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) in the fall of 2018. It was a full-circle moment for Thomas, who graduated from PVAMU in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies after following in the footsteps of her parents, brother, and [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (October 9, 2020) - Andrea McDonald, Ph.D., a native Jamaican, never dreamed she would earn a college degree, let alone three. She was born to loving parents, who were teenagers with limited education. Despite her parents’ educational experiences, they taught the idea that having a good education would be most important to [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (August 28, 2020) - 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). Aliakbar Haghighi, Ph.D. “Having taught [...]
