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Alexis S . White is a native of Arcadia , Louisiana . She is the proud daughter of Dr . Donald and Lt . Col ( Ret ) Valerie S . White . She is currently a junior at Grambling State University , pursuing a Bachelor ’ s degree in Biology . At Grambling , Alexis is a member of the Earl Lester Cole Honors College , the National Society of Leadership and the Delta Iota Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority , Incorporated .
Alexis was selected as the Louisiana State Facilitator for the 2016- 2018 biennium of Delta Sigma Theta , Incorporated . She is also a member of the Center for Mathematical Achievement in Science and Technology ( CMAST ).
Alexis has also had the opportunity to travel abroad on multiple occasions . One particular trip was with GSU ’ s History Department . She immersed herself in the culture and history of London , England . Alexis explored Stonehenge , Windsor Castle , Buckingham Palace and many more historical sites . She has interned at Meharry Medial College in Nashville , Tennessee for the past two summers in the BS / MD Program . This program awards those students selected with a conditional acceptance into the Meharry Medical College . She has had first hand experiences in dental and medical simulations .
Dana A . Williams earned the Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Grambling State University . She earned the Master of Arts ( M . A .) degree and Doctor of Philosophy ( Ph . D .) degree from Howard University in Washington , D . C .
Dana earned a Ford Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Northwestern University in Urbana , Illinois , and a John Hope Franklin Humanities Fellowship at Duke University in Durham , North Carolina . Before returning to Howard University , she was an Assistant Professor of English at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge , Louisiana .
She currently serves as Chair of the Department of English and Professor of African American Literature at Howard University . She is also the President of the College Language Association , the largest and oldest professional organization for faculty of color who teach languages and literatures .
In 2016 , Dana celebrated twenty-five ( 25 ) years of sisterhood with the Fall 1991 initiates of Alpha Theta Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority , Incorporated .
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