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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Aging Health. 2022 Apr 13;34(3):301–306. doi: 10.1177/08982643221086334

Table 1.

Selected Program for Research on Black Americans Alumni who are Gerontologists and/or former MCUAAAR Scientists

Name Rank/Administrative Position University
Psychology
Lisa Barnes1 Alla V. and Solomon Jesmer Professor of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine Rush Medical College
Annmarie Caño4 Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Gonzaga
Linda Chatters1 Paula Meares Collegiate Professor of Social Work, Public Health Michigan
Mark A. Manning4 Assistant Professor, Psychology Oakland University
Jacqueline Mattis1,4 Dean of Faculty Rutgers-Newark
Sociology
Waverly Duck1,4 Associate Professor of Sociology Pittsburgh
Dawne Mouzon3,4 Associate Professor of Sociology Rutgers
Social Work
Karen Bullock4 Director, School of Social Work North Carolina State
Letha Chadiha1 Rose Gibson Collegiate Professor of Social Work (emeritus) Michigan
Jaclynn M. Hawkins4 Assistant Professor of Social Work Michigan
Yuri Jang4 Professor of Social Work, Southern California
Lydia Li4 Professor of Social Work Michigan
Karen Lincoln1 Associate Professor of Social Work USC
Reuben J. Miller3,4 Associate Professor of Social Work Chicago
Ann Nguyen1 Assistant Professor of Social Work Case Western
Jaime A. Mitchell3,4 Associate Professor of Social Work Michigan
Tam Perry,3,4 Associate Professor of Social Work Wayne State
Trina R. Shanks3,4 Harold Johnson Collegiate Professor of Social Work Michigan
Robert Joseph Taylor1 Harold Johnson Endowed Professor of Social Work, Director PRBA Michigan
Daphne Watkins3,4 Director, Vivian A. and James L. Curtis Center, Social Work Michigan
Amanda Woodward1 MSW Program Director Michigan State
Xiaoling Xiang3 Assistant Professor of Social Work Michigan
Medicine/Public Health/Nursing/
Tamara Baker2,4 Professor, Department of Psychiatry School of Medicine North Carolina
Carmen Green3 Dean, School of Medicine CUNY
Briana Mezuk2 Associate Chair, Department of Epidemiology Michigan
Hector Gonzalez3,4 Associate Professor, Department of Neurosciences San Diego
Ishtar Govia1 Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology, Caribbean Institute for Health Research University of the West Indies - Mona
Derek M. Griffith4 Director Center for Men’s Health Equity. Racial Justice Institute Georgetown
Sheria G. Robinson-Lane4 Assistant Professor, School of Nursing Michigan
Vicki Johnson-
Lawrence3,4
Assistant Professor, College of Human Medicine Michigan State-Flint
Silas Norman4 Director, Kidney Transplant Outreach Clinics Michigan
Ronica Rooks2,4 Associate Professor, Department of Health and Behavioral Studies Colorado-Denver
Consuelo H. Wilkins4 Senior Vice President and Senior Associate Dean for Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence Vanderbilt Medical Center
Other
Kerwin K. Charles4 Dean, School of Management Yale
Rose Gibson3 Emeritus Professor, Institute of Gerontology Michigan
Carl Hill1 Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer Alzheimer’s Association
Chivon Mingo4 Associate Professor, Gerontology Institute Georgia State
Daphne Ntiri4 Distinguished Service Professor, African American Studies Wayne State
Sela Panapasa,3,4 Associate Research Scientist, Institute for Social Research Michigan
Wassim Tarraf3,4 Associate Professor, Institute of Gerontology Wayne State

Earliest Period Working with Jackson & PRBA

1

Doctoral Student,

2

Post-Doc Fellow,

3

Junior Faculty,

4

Former MCUAAAR Scientist.

MCUAAAR is the Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research