The University of the Virgin Islands announces the academic
deans for the 2008-2009 academic year. Dr. Malik Sekou continues as
dean of the Humanities and Social Sciences Division. Dr. Michael
L.Vineyard, who is a professor of management at UVI, has been named
dean of the Business Division. Dr. Camille McKayle, who returns to
UVI from two years of service at the National Science Foundation
(NSF), has been named interim dean of Science and Mathematics.
Joining the University are Dr. Joane W. McKay who has been named
interim dean of Education and Dr. Cheryl P. Franklin who has been
named dean of Nursing.
Dr. Sekou has worked at the University for almost 15 years in
various faculty positions. He has served as a professional
political consultant in the Virgin Islands Legislature. He was
instrumental in raising funds for UVI salary increases, the
Criminal Justice Program, and the Honors Program. Dr. Sekou is a
sought-after political commentator and historian. He is a
contributing columnist for the Virgin Islands Daily News and is
also a host and commentator of radio and television programs.
Dr. Sekou holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in Social Sciences
with a concentration in Political Science from UVI, a Masters of
Arts in Political Science from the University of Delaware, and a
Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Delaware. His
main office is located on UVI's St. Thomas campus.
Dr. Vineyard holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in
Marketing with a focus on logistics, a Bachelor of Business
Administration in Operations Management, a Master of Science in
Quantitative Analysis, and a Ph.D. in Operations Management from
the University of Cincinnati. He spent 18 years as a graduate
faculty member at the University of Memphis where he taught
undergraduate, Master of Business Administration (MBA), executive
MBA, and Ph.D. classes. He has been at UVI for three years as a
professor of Decision Sciences and has served as statistics
coordinator, MBA coordinator, and interim department chair.
Dr. Vineyard's research on computer integrated manufacturing,
productivity and strategic operations management has been published
in numerous national and international refereed journals and
academic proceedings. His research has been applied by companies
and resulted in multiple industry-university cooperative contracts.
He has assisted with the implementation of numerically controlled
systems for major companies such as Ford, General Motors,
Caterpillar and General Electric. His main office is located on the
St. Thomas campus.
At the NSF Dr. McKayle served as Program Officer for the
foundation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Undergraduate Program. Prior to her service at NSF, Dr. McKayle was
an assistant professor of Mathematics at Lafayette College, Lehigh
University, and the University of the Virgin Islands, before being
promoted to a tenure position as associate professor of Mathematics
at UVI.
Dr. McKayle earned her Bachelor of Science degree in
Mathematics from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, and her master's
and doctoral degrees in Mathematics from Lehigh University in
Bethlehem, Pa. In 1999, Dr. McKayle was instrumental in securing a
$3.5 million NSF grant that enabled UVI to increase the number of
students who select majors in science, mathematics and technology.
She also served as the first program coordinator for UVI's
NSF-EPSCoR grant. Her main office is located on the St. Thomas
campus.
Dr. McKay holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and
History from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D. She earned her
master's and doctoral degrees in Professional Studies from Iowa
State University. She comes to UVI with more than three decades of
higher education experience. She served as coordinator and director
of student teaching at Iowa State, the University of Nevada and the
University of Northern Iowa, before rising to assistant dean, then
associate dean and finally dean of the College of Education at St.
Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minn.
Dr. McKay has published numerous articles in refereed journals
on the subjects of student teaching, international student teaching
and cooperating teacher effectiveness and training. She has also
served as editor of EdView Magazine, published by the College of
Education at St. Cloud State University, and contributed articles
to various higher education newsletters. She is the author of both
external and internal evaluation reports, monographs (including 10
Tips for Surviving NCATE,2000) and innumerable speeches, workshops
and demonstrations. Her main office is located on the St. Thomas
campus.
Dr. Franklin has served the New Orleans area of Louisiana for
more than three decades as a registered nurse in clinical practice
and as an educator in the field of nursing. She began her teaching
career as a Clinical Instructor at the Charity Hospital School of
Nursing in New Orleans, and later served at Our Lady of the Lake
School of Nursing in Baton Rouge and at Dillard University.
Dr. Franklin has also served as an associate professor, level
coordinator, director of the Associate of Science Nursing Program
and finally as assistant dean for the College of Nursing and Allied
Health at Nicholls State University at Thibodaux, La. Her main
office is located on the St. Croix campus.