Valerie Kinloch (born 1974) is an American writer, educator, and academic administrator. She is the president of the

Johnson C. Smith University Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) is a Private university, private Historically black colleges and universities, historically black university in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and accredited by the ...

starting in August 2023. She also served as the Renée and Richard Goldman Dean of the

University of Pittsburgh School of Education The University of Pittsburgh School of Education consists of five academic departments: Administrative and Policy Studies, Health and Physical Activity, Instruction and Learning, Learning Sciences & Policy, and Psychology in Education. The school ...

Life

Kinloch is from

Charleston, South Carolina Charleston is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston metropolitan area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint o ...

. She earned a bachelor's degree in English and literature from the

(JCSU) in 1996. She earned a master's degree (December 1998) in English and African-American literature and a Ph.D. in English from Wayne State University. For three and a half years, Klinoch was an assistant professor of English focusing on composition and rhetoric at the University of Houston–Downtown. She later worked as an associate professor of English education at the Teachers College, Columbia University. She was an associate dean and professor at the Ohio State University. In July 2017, Kinloch became the Renée and Richard Goldman Dean of the

. In June 2023, she was named the 15th president of JCSU, effective August 1. She succeeds Clarence D. Armbrister.

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