Bonner to Address ‘Inclusive Excellence’ in Lecture-Concert Series
JONESBORO – The Lecture-Concert Series at Arkansas State University will present Dr. Fred Bonner II speaking on "Inclusive Excellence: Belonging in the Arkansas State University Context.”
Bonner’s presentation will start at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, in the auditorium of the Reng Student Union. Admission is free and the public is welcome, according to Dr. Ed Owen, chair of the Lecture-Concert Committee.
Bonner is professor and Endowed Chair in Educational Leadership and Counseling and founding executive director and chief scientist of the Minority Achievement, Creativity and High-Ability (MACH-III) Center at Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas.
An authority in the field of diversity, Bonner previously was the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair in Education in the graduate school of education at Rutgers University.
Prior to Rutgers, he was professor of higher education administration and dean of faculties at Texas A&M University-College Station. He earned his bachelor’s in chemistry from the University of North Texas, a master’s in curriculum and instruction from Baylor University, and a doctorate in higher education administration and college teaching from the University of Arkansas.
Bonner has received numerous awards, including the American Association for Higher Education Black Caucus Dissertation Award and the Educational Leadership, Counseling and Foundation’s Dissertation of the Year Award from the University of Arkansas College of Education.
With work featured nationally and internationally, he is the author of the recently released book, Building on Resilience: Models and Frameworks of Black Male Success Across the P-20 Pipeline.
Admission is free to this and all events in the Lecture-Concert Series, which serves A-State and the surrounding communities by bringing notable guest speakers and performers of diverse backgrounds and wide appeal to the campus.
For more details, one may contact Owen at the Department of Music, (870) 972-2094 or eowen@AState.edu.
