Dr. Dave A. Lois
Dave A. Louis, Ph.D. is currently an associate professor of higher education at the University of Houston’s College of Education and program director of the PhD in higher education. His research agenda centers on Black (including Afro Caribbean) experiences in higher education. He was the 2020 recipient of the Carlos J. Vallejo Memorial Award for Scholarship awarded by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Multicultural/Multiethnic SIG, 2020 Fulbright Awardee (Germany), a 50 in 5 Scholar at the University of Houston, the President’s Excellence in Diversity & Equity Award at Texas Tech University in 2015, and Texas A&M University's College of Education & Human Development Outstanding Alumni Award in 2021. He was also an Oprah Winfrey Scholar at Morehouse College
Dr. Verna Knight