WELCOME

We are most happy to share information with you about the exciting suite of Programs offered to UNCF undergraduates and faculty through the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program. Scholars Transforming the Academy is the slogan that describes the work of the UNCF/Mellon Programs.  This slogan is operationalized through a variety of undergraduate and faculty programs. 

We hope that you will find a program that interests you and that you will be able to join us as we work with others within the Mellon Mays family of Programs to Transform the Academy.

Sincerely,

Cynthia Neal Spence, Ph.D.
Director, UNCF/Mellon Programs

UNCF/Mellon Lecture Series, featuring a lecture by Dr. Fareeda McClinton Griffith entitled, "A Transnational Look at Race and Space in South Africa and Brazil"- April 19, 2012 at Spelman College in the Cosby Academic Center Reading Room, Second Floor.

UNCF/Mellon Programs End of Year Banquet- April 19, 2012 at Spelman College in the Women's Research and Resource Center, Cosby Academic Center, Second Floor.

UNCF/Mellon Programs Summer Institute- June 3-30, 2012 at Emory University

UNCF/Mellon International Faculty Seminar (Salvador, Bahia)- July 5-15, 2012

Congratulations to our newest Ph.D., Dr. Danica Tisdale Fisher, Spelman College UNCF/Mellon Fellow, C'01! Dr. Tisdale Fisher earned the Ph.D. in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies from Emory University in 2012!

Congratulations to Dr. Alisha Knight, Spelman College UNCF/Mellon Fellow, C'93, whose book on African American writer Pauline Harris was recently published by the University of Tennessee Press! Dr. Knight's book is entitled, Pauline Hopkins and the American Dream: An African American Writer's (Re)Visionary Gospel of Success.

Congratulations to Christina McIntosh, Spelman College UNCF/Mellon Fellow, who recently passed her written doctoral qualifying exams to officially become a Ph.D. candidate!

Congratulations to Dr. Adenike Davidson, UNCF/Mellon Campus Coordinator and Mentor at Fisk University, who was recently promoted to full Professor!