This week’s speaker is Malinda W. Swoope, Ph.D., Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management at Alabama State University.

She came to ASU from Edward Waters University where she served as associate provost of Academic Affairs. She is a chemist by profession with a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry from the University of California-Davis and a B.S. in Chemistry from Texas Southern University, which is located in her hometown. She served at numerous schools where she earned a variety of academic accolades, honors and fellowships, especially in chemistry. Most notably, her accomplishments include a research fellowship with the internationally acclaimed Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, as well as a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. Her CV is also loaded with other duties and honors that are related to a plethora of student retention and enrollment honors.

More information at: https://www.alasu.edu/swoope-vp-student-affairs