Charlotte P. Morris is an American

academic administrator Academic administration is a branch of university or college employees responsible for the maintenance and supervision of the institution and separate from the Faculty (academic staff), faculty or academics, although some personnel may have joint ...

. She served as the interim president of

Tuskegee University Tuskegee University (Tuskegee or TU), formerly known as the Tuskegee Institute, is a private, historically black land-grant university in Tuskegee, Alabama. It was founded on Independence Day in 1881 by the state legislature. The campus was d ...

, a private,

historically black university Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the African-American community. Mo ...

Tuskegee, Alabama Tuskegee () is a city in Macon County, Alabama, United States. It was founded and laid out in 1833 by General Thomas Simpson Woodward, a Creek War veteran under Andrew Jackson, and made the county seat that year. It was incorporated in 1843. ...

, and on July 26, 2021, was elected ninth president of the university by its board of trustees, effective August 1, 2021.

Early life

Morris was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi and is

African-American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American ...

. She graduated from Jackson State University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in business education. She subsequently earned a master's degree from

Delta State University Delta State University (DSU) is a public university in Cleveland, Mississippi Cleveland is a city in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 11,199 as of the 2020 United States Census. Cleveland has a large commercia ...

, followed by a PhD in education and business management from

Kansas State University Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 and was the first public instit ...

Career

Morris taught at Kansas State University and

Trenholm State Community College H. Councill Trenholm State Community College (Trenholm State, Trenholm, TSCC) is a public, historically black community college in Montgomery, Alabama. The college was founded as a merger between John M. Patterson Technical College (1961) and H. ...

. She was an administrator at Mississippi Valley State University. Morris joined the Tuskegee Institute in 1984. Morris served as the interim president between

Benjamin F. Payton Benjamin F. Payton (December 27, 1932 - September 28, 2016) was an African-American academic administrator. He served as the president of two historically black universities: Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina from 1967 to 1972 and Tuskeg ...

and

Gilbert L. Rochon Gilbert L. Rochon was an American academic and educator who served as the sixth president of Tuskegee University, serving from November 1, 2010, to October 21, 2013. Biography Early life Rochon was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the el ...

in 2010. She was interim dean of the Andrew W. Brimmer College of Business and Information Science until 2017, when she began her second term as interim president. She was succeeded as president by

Lily McNair Lily McNair is an American academic administrator who served as the president of Tuskegee University, a historically black university in Tuskegee, Alabama, from 2018 to 2021. Biography Early life and education McNair is from New Jersey. She ...

in 2018. On July 26, 2021, Morris was elected ninth president of the university by its board of trustees, effective August 1, 2021.

Personal life

Morris is the widow of late Dr. William R. Morris. She has a son, and she lives in

Montgomery, Alabama Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for the Irish soldier Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico. In the 202 ...

References

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