Christine Johnson McPhail is an American academic administrator who was the thirteenth president of St. Augustine's University from 2021 to 2023.
Christine Johnson McPhail | |
|---|---|
| 13th President of St. Augustine's University | |
| In office February 24, 2021 – December 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Irving Pressley McPhail |
| Succeeded by | Leslie Rodriguez-McClellon (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Spouse |
Irving Pressley McPhail
(m. 1998; died 2020) |
| Education | Fresno City College Fresno State University University of Southern California |
Life
editMcPhail was born to Mary and Otis Johnson.[1] Her mother was a homemaker and her father was a sharecropper who later started a small business in Tyler, Texas.[2] She was raised in a rural town in East Texas.[1] She attended from Emmett Scott High School.[2] McPhail graduated from Fresno City College and earned a bachelor's degree in social work from Fresno State University.[2] She worked for the Economic Opportunities Commission as a social worker for Head Start.[2] She completed a master's degree in education and counseling from Fresno State University.[2]
McPhail began a doctoral program at University of California, Berkeley while working as a counselor at Contra Costa College.[2] She later became an assistant dean of students and was promoted to dean at College of Alameda.[2] With the full-time position, she paused her doctoral studies.[2] She later transferred to a part-time D.Ed. program in higher education at University of Southern California.[2][3] Her 1987 dissertation was titled, Academically Underprepared Students in the California Community Colleges.[4] Clive Grafton was her doctoral chairperson.[4]
McPhail became president of Cypress College in 1995.[5] She was its first Black and first female president.[5] She stepped down in June 1998 after marrying her husband, Irving Pressley McPhail.[5] She later joined Morgan State University as the founding professor and director of its community college leadership doctoral program.[6] McPhail was later a professor of practice at the John E. Roueche Center for Community College Leadership at Kansas State University.[6] Following the death of her husband due to COVID-19 in October 2020, she was selected to succeed him as the thirteenth president of St. Augustine's University effective February 24, 2021.[7][6] Her presidency ended in December 2023 and she was succeeded by acting president Leslie Rodriguez-McClellon.[8][9]
References
edit- ^ a b Watson, Jamal (2021-02-24). "Saint Augustine's University Finds a Visionary Leader in Dr. Christine Johnson McPhail". Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Watson, Jamal (2018-04-16). "McPhail Rallies Around College Access". Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ "Christine Johnson McPhail Is the New President of Saint Augustine's University in North Carolina". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. 2021-03-08. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ a b Johnson, Christine Bessard (1987). Academically Underprepared Students in the California Community Colleges (D.Ed. thesis). University of Southern California Digital Library (USC.DL). doi:10.25549/usctheses-c30-391231.
- ^ a b c Thrift, Anastasia (2021-03-11). "Former Cypress President to Lead University". Cypress College. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ a b c "Christine Johnson McPhail succeeds late husband as Saint Augustine's University president". ABC11 Raleigh-Durham. 2021-02-23. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ "Saint Augustine's University Announces the Appointment of Dr. Christine Johnson McPhail as the University's 13th President". Saint Augustine's University. 2021-02-23. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ Kyaw, Arrman (2023-12-05). "Trouble at Saint Augustine's University". Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ Moody, Josh (December 6, 2023). "Saint Augustine's President Fired, Accreditation Stripped". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 2024-02-15.