The Center will award 2014-2015 AY graduate assistantships to faculty based on the applications received by August 29, 2014. Full-time faculty should apply by that deadline for consideration.  Read More

Effective October 1, 2014, the Center will provide up to $1,250 per faculty member to present at scholarly and professional conferences over a twelve month period consistent with our grant’s fiscal year. Specifically, each full-time faculty member can request up to $1,250 for the above described travel for the period of October 1, 2014 to...Read More

Safiya Omari, Ph.D. has been selected as the third director of the JSU Center for University Scholars. An associate professor of social work and health sciences, Omari is also the director of the Southern Institute for Mental Health Advocacy Research and Training. Recently, she served as chief of staff to Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba. Dr....Read More

Dr. Victor Ifedayo Ogungbe, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, received three grants worth nearly $400,000 to expand his research in chemical biology, drug discovery and structural biology. The awarding entities are the National Institutes of Health National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Science Foundation Mississippi ESPCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research/Institutional Development...Read More

Staff members of the Division of Research and Federal Relations will present a workshop on research compliance procedures including the Institutional Review Board (IRB) process.  Join us on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. in the Library Auditorium on the second floor of the H.T. Sampson Library.   Read More

Join us for an overview of the tenure and promotion processes at Jackson State University on Thursday, March 27, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. in the Senate Chamber (Room 3250) of the JSU Student Center.  (The Senate Chamber is on the third floor to the left of the main elevators.)  This discussion is designed for probationary...Read More

Dr. Gloria Billingsley, associate professor of public policy and administration presents her talk, "Redistributing Power: The Reversal of Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act" on Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. in the Holden Reading Room on the fourth floor of the H.T. Sampson Library.  The JSU Center for University Scholars hosts this brown bag research talk and provides light...Read More