Centers And Institutes
Andrew Young Center For Global Leadership (AYCGL)
The Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership (AYCGL) provides institutional, national, and international leadership in the examination and generation of solutions for global challenges, the study of social justice-based leadership, social justice activism training and the development of social change agents, and co-curricular experiences designed to prepare students for lives as global citizens and leaders. Comprised of three interdependent institutes and an academic program, the AYCGL includes the Institute for Research, Civic Engagement, and Policy, the Institute for International and Experiential Education, the Institute for Social Justice Inquiry and Praxis, and the Leadership Studies Program. The Office of International Education is housed in the AYCGL and, through study abroad and other programming, expands upon multiple efforts to implement experiential education at the college. The AYCGL is home to numerous programs, including those supporting scholarly engagement and production, academic and leadership development, social justice activism and civic engagement, and community engagement. Two scholarship programs housed in the AYCGL, the Oprah Winfrey Scholars Program and SMASH Scholars Program, support approximately 80 students and provide co-curricular leadership and service experiences designed to develop social justice focused, globally informed leaders.
Contact Person: Dr. Jann Adams (AYCGL Lead Director, Professor of Psychology)
Black Men’s Research Institute (BMRI)
The Black Men’s Research Institute (BMRI) aims to advance more inclusive curricular and programmatic offerings and scholarship/creative work encompassing the humanities, humanistic social sciences, and artistic frames not always connected with understandings of Black men. BMRI provides a highly visible platform by which faculty, students, and the broader community may engage and, if necessary, counter narratives and policies that do not attend to the full breadth of experiences and perspectives reflected in an intersectional orientation to Black men’s experiences and masculinities. BMRI will focus on the intersection of culture and social justice by contextualizing Black masculinities in all their manifestations, both within and outside of the U.S. Therefore, the Institute also will provide a context for engagement of local, national, and global scholars in meaningful dialog about expanding notions of Black masculinities and Black men’s lived experiences beyond a heteronormative, patriarchal frame.
Contact Person: Dr. Derrick Brooms (BMRI Executive Director, Professor of Africana Studies)
Center For Black Entrepreneurship (CBE)
The Center for Black Entrepreneurship (CBE) is a partnership of the Black Economic Alliance Foundation (BEAF), Spelman College, and Morehouse College, located on the campuses of Morehouse and Spelman. The CBE seeks to eliminate the access barriers faced by Black entrepreneurs, professional investors, and business builders by leveraging education, mentorship, access to capital, and opportunity.
The CBE offers academic curriculum to students in the Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUC), which includes Clark Atlanta University, Morris Brown College, and Morehouse School of Medicine in addition to Spelman and Morehouse. The Center also supports co-curricular programming that will provide students with additional tools, training, networks, and opportunities necessary for success. Additionally, the CBE hosts online courses and certificate programs to make its curriculum and training accessible to a broader adult audience across the globe. These offerings include stackable credits, upskilling opportunities, and co-curricular engagements for students from any school, including older and non-traditional students, as well as to non-student current and aspiring entrepreneurs.
Contact: Dr. Grant Warner (CBE Executive Director, Professor of Entrepreneurship)
Morehouse Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (MIEC, Institute of CBE)
The Morehouse Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center (MIEC) is a global model for higher education and industry collaborations, programs that connect education with entrepreneurial leadership development, and community-focused resources and support. The mission of MIEC is to start, scale and sustain Black businesses whether it is with our students or businesses in the community. MIEC sees entrepreneurship and business ownership as a pathway of closing the racial wealth divide and a source of economic empowerment. MIEC’s mission is accomplished by providing the following programs: (1) Co-curricular programming to expose undergraduate college students to a better understanding of an entrepreneurial mindset. These initiatives include a speaker series, pitch competitions, startup workshops, internships, and innovation sprints, (2) technical assistance to existing businesses in the form of business management curriculum to aid access to capital, coaching and increase in contracts, and (3) research and consultative services to government agencies, corporations, and universities seeking to expand their under-represented small business suppliers.
Contact: Dr. Tiffany Bussey (MIEC Executive Director, Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship)
Initiatives And Programs
Federal Trio Programs
The Federal Trio Programs are sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and funded under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. These programs assist students in overcoming class, social, academic, and cultural barriers to higher education. Currently, there are seven programs on the Morehouse College campus serving low-income individuals and first-generation college students from middle school to post baccalaureate programs. These seven programs include: (1) Upward Bound (two projects), (2) Talent Search, (3) Upward Bound Math/Science Regional Center, State Math/Science Center, Greater Orlando Math/Science, and (4) Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Program.
Collectively, these programs identify promising students and (1) support them through the transition from middle school to high school as well as with the college application process (Talent Search); (2) prepare students for college-level coursework (Upward Bound); (3) increase the number of high school students from underrepresented backgrounds in obtaining degrees in math, science and engineering (Math/Science Regional, State, Greater Orlando Centers); and (4) provide undergraduate research opportunities to increase the number of students who complete Ph.D. programs in STEM (Ronald E. McNair).
Contact: Dr. Cynthia Trawick (TRIO Director)
HBCU STEM Undergraduate Success Research Center
The HBCU STEM Undergraduate Success (STEM US) Research Center, funded by the National Science Foundation, seeks to understand and disseminate information on student success in STEM from the HBCU perspective. The three areas of research are: (1) Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs), (2) Intersectionality, Scientific Literacy, Intersectionality, Project Knowledge Academic Mentoring, and (3) Academic Pipeline Project/THRIVE. Additionally, the HBCU STEM Undergraduate Success Research Center seeks to provide research experiences to undergraduate, postbaccalaureate, and graduate students. These experiences are meant to allow students the opportunity to become familiar with the research process while supporting students as they pursue their academic and research goals.
Contact: Dr. Derrick Bryan (HBCU STEM Director, Associate Professor of Sociology)
International Comparative Labor Studies (ICLS)
International Comparative Labor Studies (ICLS) is a social science and humanities interdisciplinary initiative to educate for sustainable careers contributing leadership, research, and organizing for students with social justice ideals. ICLS helps students develop a 21st century vision for sustainable meaningful work lives for African American and all workers through study of worker organizing and community development in the South and comparison of strategies globally. In the spirit of Djehuti - Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) God of science and shared knowledge of producing - ICLS seeks to close the gap between physical and mental labor by balancing experiential learning with theoretical knowledge. ICLS is comprised of two major programs, the 1) certificate program, and 2) the Research Fellows Program. ICLS provides a unique program of direct education and research services to unions and other public interest organizations. The ICLS Research Fellows Program will include scholar activists who possess the professional acumen and interest to develop, critique, and defend political economy propositions.
Contact: Dr. Cynthia Hewitt (ICLS Chair, Associate Professor of Sociology)
Morehouse Center for Excellence in Education (MCEE)
The Morehouse Center for Excellence in Education (MCEE) aims to develop a talented pipeline of world-class practitioners, innovators, policymakers, leaders, and researchers who are equipped to transform and improve educational outcomes in urban and underserved communities. MCEE has an unrelenting focus on social justice, educational excellence, equity, and ethical leadership. These core values are embedded in all aspects of the student experience and the work of the Center. Woven into all courses and activities are the Morehouse College standards of excellence that promote acuity, agency, integrity, and brotherhood. The Center’s initiatives are designed to be responsive to the ever-changing P-16 education landscape. The college’s Education Department and Teacher Education Program are connected to the Center and support students pursuing degrees in Early Childhood Education and Educational Studies, as well as those seeking certification in Secondary Education.
Contact: Dr. Nina Gilbert (MCEE Director, Assistant Professor of Education)
Morehouse College Makerspace Exploration Center
The Morehouse College MakerSpace Exploration Center promotes student learning through making, an iterative, hands-on experiential activity that teaches students to apply skills, build models, identify problems, revise ideas, and share new knowledge with others. Defined as a cooperative experience where students can make things, conduct research, and collaborate, the innovation of making encourages creativity, artistic expression, and innovation through the use of technology. The MakerSpace facilitates both formal and informal learning, offering a space in which students conduct original experimentation, engage in positive risk-taking activities, and benefit overall from cross-disciplinary interactions and technically advanced learning. The MakerSpace Exploration Center facilitates the “hands-on” use of new technologies like 3D printing and laser ablation (cutting), as well as the use of classic techniques in paper, metal, and wood fabrication.
Contact: Dr. Brian Lawrence (Makerspace Exploration Center Director, Associate Professor of Chemistry)
Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection Programs
The Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection represents an unparalleled gathering of primary documents from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s early years at the college through his later life as a global leader for civil and human rights. As a treasured intellectual resource, the Collection provides programmatic opportunities for faculty and students through teaching, research, and scholarship, and other co-curricular initiatives that promote Dr. King’s nonviolent teachings and philosophy. The Office of the Morehouse College King Collection has oversight for these programs.
Contact: Dr. Vicki Crawford (Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection, Professor of Africana Studies)
Public Health Sciences Institute (PHSI)
The Morehouse College Public Health Sciences Institute (PHSI) was established in 1988 under a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) enhance diversity among emerging leaders within the public health workforce. The PHSI is affiliated with the only undergraduate minor in Public Health available to students in the Atlanta University Center Consortium. Additionally, PHSI offers a summer public health internship, Project Imhotep, which is an 11-week program funded through a cooperative agreement with the CDC. It is Project Imhotep’s mission to increase the representation of underrepresented minority students in graduate programs and careers in public health. In addition to these offerings, the PHSI offers career counseling and leadership and personal development opportunities to support students as they explore, build, and pursue a career in public health.
Contact: Dr. Cynthia Trawick (PHSI Director)
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