NOVEMBER, 2014 CURRICULUM VITAE DELORES P. ALDRIDGE, PH.D. GRACE TOWNS HAMILTON PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES EMORY UNIVERSITY ADDRESSES: Home: 2931 Yucca Drive Decatur, Georgia 30032 Area Code (404) 289-0272 Office: 228 Tarbutton Hall 1555 Dickey Drive Emory University Atlanta, Georgia, 30322 Email: [email protected] Phone: (404) 727-0534 EDUCATION: 1971 Ph.D. Purdue University (Sociology) 1967 Certificate, University of Ireland-Dublin (Child Psychology) 1966 M.S.W., Atlanta University (Social Casework and Community Organization) 1963 B.A., Clark College (Sociology/Psychology-Valedictorian) 1959 Middleton High School (College Preparatory-Valedictorian) Additional Educational Experiences 1980 Women in Higher Education Management Institute sponsored by Bryn Mawr College and Higher Education Resource Services Mid-Atlantic 2 1979 Postdoctoral Summer Educational Research Management Workshop sponsored by the National Academy of Education with a grant from the National Institute of Education, Georgetown University 1972 University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana - Summer Session courses in African History, art, and politics 1968 University of Montreal, Canada in collaboration with General Hospital -- Participated in six week training institute on family treatment techniques. The institute had twenty participants from both the USA and other countries. MAJOR WORK EXPERIENCES: Administrative Positions in Higher Education 1997 - Project Director, Project on Social and Economic Contributions of Women of Georgia, State of Georgia 1994 – 2000 Associate Director, Program in Women’s Health Services Research, Emory University School of Medicine, Center for Clinical Evaluation Sciences 1988 - 1993 Administrator of Grants for the National Council for Black Studies 1988 - 1990 Director of African American and African Studies and Professor of Sociology, Emory University 1980 - 1987 Director of African American and African Studies and Associate Professor of Sociology, Emory University 1978 - 1980 Coordinator of Black Studies and Associate Professor of Sociology, Emory University 1976 - 1978 Coordinator of Black Studies and Associate Professor of the Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts, Emory University 1975 - 1976 Co-Director of the Atlanta Summer Institute, "Interfacing Afro-American and American Studies," Emory University 1971-2000 Founding and Continuing Director of Black Studies, the first degree granting program in the South, Emory University 3 Additional Administrative Experiences and Responsibilities in Higher Education Chaired or served on countless committees internationally, nationally, regionally and on campus which allowed for different types of management experiences. Selected experiences on campus include (but are not limited to): Advisory Board, Social and Behavioral Science Research Center (ABS-RC) Emory University Faculty and Staff Assistance Program Advisory Committee, Emory University, 2000 Chair, Grievance Committee and Executive Committee, Emory College, 2003-2004 Campus Life Advisory Council, Emory University, 2002- Chair, Race Initiative, Department of Sociology and Coordinator of Southeastern Undergraduate Sociological Symposium, 1998–2001 Advisory Board African American Collection, Woodruff Library, 2000 - 2009 Search Committees in Journalism, AAS, SOC., ILA, etc. 1996— Emory’s Scholars Selection Committee, 1996- Emory’s Honors Council, Faculty Advisor, 1995– Emory’s Minority Mentor Program, 1995- Emory University Faculty Senate, 1991 - 1993 Advisory Committee for Adopt-A-School Program, 1987-1990 Search Committee for Associate Dean of Admissions, 1989 President's Advisory Committee on South Africa - Chaired one of three subcommittees, 1985 University Marshall, 1986- Advisory Committee on Black Student Life for Office of Campus Life University Research Committee, 1981-1982; 1982-1983; 1983-1984; 2004-2007 4 Woodruff Scholars Committee, 1980 (11 member university committee) to determine criteria for expending a significant portion of a 100 million dollar gift to the university The Committee on Undergraduate Education, 1980-1981 Chair, Admissions and Scholarships Committee, 1979-1982 Executive Committee of Emory College, 1979-1982 Search Committee for the Dean of Emory College, 1979; 1973-1974 Founder and Chairperson, Emory Black Caucus, 1977-1978; Chair of Black Faculty 1981- 1989, 1991-1992 Emory College Conduct Council, 1977 Executive Committee of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 1977-1979 Subcommittee on Student Grievance of the Graduate School, 1977-1979 Search and Evaluation Committee for Institute of Liberal Arts, 1976-1977; 1984-1985 President's Commission for the Status of Women on Campus, 1976-1977 Committee on Bicentennial Celebration on Government - 200 Years of Change, 1976 Multidisciplinary Subcommittee on change in Liberal Arts Education, 1975 Institute of the Liberal Arts Executive Committee, 1975-1977; 1986-1987 Emory University Affirmative Action Executive Committee, 1975 Black Students Alliance Sponsor, 1971-1978; 1986 -1987 Emory Women's Alliance, Sponsor, 1974-1975 Martin Luther King Scholarship Committee, 1971-1974 College Curriculum Committee on Student Life, 1972-1978 Senate Committee on Student Life, 1972-1978 Institute of the Liberal Arts, Associate Faculty, 1972-1975; 1978 to present 5 College Nominating Committee, 1971; 1982-1983; 1989-1990 Emory Excellence Awards Selection Committee, 1983; 1984 Emory Selection Committee for Who's Who among Students in America, 1988-1989; 1989-1990 Thomas Jefferson Award Committee, Chair, 1993; member, 1994-2005 Positions in Government 1980 - 1981 Policy Analyst, USDA Forest Service, Policy Analysis, Washington Office Positions in the Private Sector 12/69 - 8/71 Administrative Coordinator (Executive Director) of Greater Lafayette Community Centers, Inc. 04/69 - 12/69 Director of Community Development Division for Greater Lafayette Community Centers, Inc., Lafayette, Indiana. 1967 - 1968 Acting Chief of Social Work, Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center, Winter Haven, Florida 1966 - 1967 Supervisor and Family Therapist, St. John of God Brothers Child Guidance Clinic, Dublin, Ireland. 1966 Associate Director, Tampa Urban League, Tampa, Florida Teaching/Research 1997 - Visiting Distinguished Professor, University of Ghana, Fall, 1997 1997 - Project Director, Social and Economic Contributions of Women of Georgia, State of Georgia 1994 - Associate Director of Program for Research in Women's Health Care of Emory University for Clinical Evaluation Services 1990 - Grace Towns Hamilton Professor of Sociology and African American Studies 1988 - 1993 Director of Research Component of Grants to the National Council for Black Studies 6 1988 - Professor of Sociology 1978 – 1987 Associate Professor of Sociology, Emory University. Teaching has included the following courses: Comparative Family Systems; Social Change and Social Movements; Ethnic Families and Race and Ethnic Relations; Graduate Seminars in Intergroup Relations; Race Gender, and Sociological Theory; Sociology of the Black Community; Seminar in African American Studies; Internships. 1977 - 1985 Research Associate, Center for Research and Social Change, Emory University 1976 - 1978 Associate Professor of the Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts, Emory University. Teaching included the following courses: Childhood and Youth in Western Cultures; Critical Methodologies: Approaches to the Social Sciences; Ethnic Minorities; and Race and Ethnic Relations. 1973 - 1975 Adjunct Professor, Institute of Liberal Arts, Emory University. Teaching included the following courses: Childhood and Youth in Western Culture; Critical Methodologies: Approaches to the Social Sciences; Ethnic Minorities; and Race and Ethnic Relations. 1971 - 1975 Assistant Professor of Black Studies. Teaching included following courses: Dynamics of the Black Community; Black Women in America; 20th Century Southern Black Life. 1972 - 1974 Visiting Lecturer in Department of Sociology, Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia. Courses included: Sociology of the Family and Research Methodology. 1972 - 1974 Training seminars for development of research instruments and analysis of data for the socio-economic-political-health status of Blacks in Appalachia for the Southern Regional Council. Inside Black Appalachia was one result of this seminar. 1968 - 1970 Teaching Assistant in Department of Sociology, Purdue University. Teaching included introductory level courses in sociology. CONSULTANTSHIPS Consulted with over 90 foreign governments, US federal agencies, social agencies, educational institutions and foundations as well as corporate entities. Foreign governments include China, South Africa, Tanzania, Ghana, Senegal, and the 7 Gambia; federal agencies include the U.S. Office of Education, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Science Foundation; institutions include the Atlanta University Center, South Carolina State College, University of Virginia At Charlottesville, Jackson State University, University of Nebraska, Paine College, Brown University, Cornell University, Yale University, Temple University, California State University-Los Angeles, Portland State University, Indiana University, and University of North Carolina at Charlotte; and organizations include the National Center for Black Family Life, Southern Regional Education Board and the Southern Education Foundation. For a more complete listing, refer to addendum pp. 47– 49. SPECIAL HONORS (Selected List from more than 100 including entry into more than 25 directories)