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Alexis S. White is a native of Arcadia, Louisiana. She is the proud
daughter of Dr. Donald and Lt. Col (Ret) Valerie S. White. She is
currently a junior at Grambling State University, pursuing a
Bachelor’s degree in Biology. At Grambling, Alexis is a member of
the Earl Lester Cole Honors College, the National Society of
Leadership and the Delta Iota Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Incorporated.
Alexis was selected as the Louisiana State Facilitator for the 2016-
2018 biennium of Delta Sigma Theta, Incorporated. She is also a
member of the Center for Mathematical Achievement in Science and
Technology (CMAST).
Alexis has also had the opportunity to travel abroad on multiple
occasions. One particular trip was with GSU’s History Department.
She immersed herself in the culture and history of London,
England. Alexis explored Stonehenge, Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace and many more historical sites.
She has interned at Meharry Medial College in Nashville, Tennessee for the past two summers in the BS/MD
Program. This program awards those students selected with a conditional acceptance into the Meharry
Medical College. She has had first hand experiences in dental and medical simulations.
Dana A. Williams earned the Bachelor of Arts degree in English
from Grambling State University. She earned the Master of Arts
(M.A.) degree and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree from Howard
University in Washington, D.C.
Dana earned a Ford Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship at
Northwestern University in Urbana, Illinois, and a John Hope
Franklin Humanities Fellowship at Duke University in Durham,
North Carolina. Before returning to Howard University, she was an
Assistant Professor of English at Louisiana State University in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
She currently serves as Chair of the Department of English and
Professor of African American Literature at Howard University. She
is also the President of the College Language Association, the
largest and oldest professional organization for faculty of color who
teach languages and literatures.
In 2016, Dana celebrated twenty-five (25) years of sisterhood with the Fall 1991 initiates of Alpha Theta
Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.
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