Tuajuanda C. Jordan has served as the seventh president of
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
St. Mary's College of Maryland (SMCM) is a public liberal arts college in St. Mary's City, Maryland.Maryland State Archives, Online Manual, "St. Mary's College Of Maryland: Origin & Functions" http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/25univ/stmary ...
since July 1, 2014. From 2006 to 2011, Jordan served as director of the
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is an American non-profit medical research organization based in Chevy Chase, Maryland. It was founded in 1953 by Howard Hughes, an American business magnate, investor, record-setting pilot, engineer, fil ...
’s Science Education Alliance program, where she launched the SEA-PHAGES program. This program has been implemented at more than 100 institutions and resulted in numerous scientific and pedagogical publications. Prior to joining St. Mary’s College, Jordan also held a number of leadership positions in higher education, including dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of chemistry at
Lewis & Clark College in Oregon, and associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences at
Xavier University of Louisiana.
Awards and honors
Jordan’s recent honors include being named as one of
Fisk University
Fisk University is a private historically black liberal arts college in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded in 1866 and its campus is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In 1930, Fisk was the first Africa ...
’s Talented Tenth (2016),
Purdue University Distinguished Women Scholar (2015-15), and Influential Marylander by the Daily Record (2015). She received the Torchbearer Award (2014) from the
National Coalition of Black Women, Baltimore Metropolitan Chapter, and was inducted (2015) into the Zeta Chapter of
Phi Beta Kappa.
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Biography & CV
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Heads of universities and colleges in the United States
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Women heads of universities and colleges
St. Mary's College of Maryland faculty
Xavier University of Louisiana faculty
Lewis & Clark College faculty