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Syracuse, NY-based Syracuse University has Resigned Kal Alston as Senior Vice President for Human Capital Development
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Syracuse University is a private, international research university with distinctive academics, diversely unique offerings and an undeniable spirit. Located in the geographic heart of New York State, with a global footprint, and nearly 150 years of history, Syracuse University offers a quintessential college experience. The scope of Syracuse University is a testament to its strengths: a pioneering history dating back to 1870; a choice of more than 200 majors and 100 minors offered through 13 schools and colleges; nearly 15,000 undergraduates and 5,000 graduate students; more than a quarter of a million alumni in 160 countries; and a student population from all 50 U.S. states and 123 countries.
About the Person
Kal Alston served as Senior Vice President for Human Capital Development at Syracuse University from Oct 2011 - Feb 2015 and is rejoining the faculty. Alston served as senior associate provost for academic administration before being named senior vice president for human capital development in 2011. Kal Alston, professor of cultural foundations of education, is trained in philosophy of education. She spent her earlier career at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in educational policy studies and as director of the Gender & Women`s Studies Program. Professor Alston`s scholarly interests center on intersections of popular culture/media with American experiences of race, class, and gender. She is currently working on analyses of contemporary girlhood, early adolescent culture and education, and race and fatherhood, as well as the development of women`s leadership in academia and in other social contexts. Her most recent publications have focused on ethics and community responsibility, the phenomenal experience of race in philosophical practice, and the connection of the Brown decision to contemporary educational experience.
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