Opening Doors, Integration 40th Anniversary Commemoration

Based on fall 2002 figures, some 15.3 percent of UA's full-time faculty and staff is African-American, including 4.9 percent of the faculty and 18.5 percent of the staff.

Cornelius Carter, an associate professor of dance at UA, was named the 2001-02 U.S. Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The designation is recognized as one of the nation's most prestigious awards honoring professors. Carter has taught modern dance, choreography, and jazz in The University of Alabama's College of Arts and Sciences for 11 years and also teaches and choreographs dance throughout the country. Carter, an African-American, was chosen from a group of 384 candidates representing 272 institutions of higher education.

UA AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE TODAY

African-American Faculty and Staff