Valerie Kinloch Explained

Valerie Kinloch
Office:	15th President of Johnson C. Smith University
Alma Mater:	Johnson C. Smith University Wayne State University (PhD)
Predecessor:	Clarence D. Armbrister
Termstart:	August 1, 2023
Birth Date:	30 January 1974^[1]
Occupation:	Writer, educator, academic administrator

Valerie Kinloch (born 1974) is an American writer, educator, and academic administrator. She is the president of the Johnson C. Smith University starting in August 2023.^{[2] [3]} She also served as the Renée and Richard Goldman Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Education.

Life

Kinloch is from Charleston, South Carolina.^[4] She earned a bachelor's degree in English and literature from the Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) in 1996.^[5] She earned a master's degree (December 1998) in English and African-American literature and a Ph.D. in English from Wayne State University.

For three and a half years, Klinoch was an assistant professor of English focusing on composition and rhetoric at the University of Houston–Downtown. She later worked as an associate professor of English education at the Teachers College, Columbia University. She was an associate dean and professor at the Ohio State University. In July 2017, Kinloch became the Renée and Richard Goldman Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Education.^[6]

In June 2023, she was named the 15th president of JCSU, effective August 1. She succeeds Clarence D. Armbrister.^[7]

Selected works

• Book: Kinloch, Valerie . June Jordan: Her Life and Letters . 2006 . Bloomsbury Academic . 978-0-275-98241-6 . en.
• Book: Kinloch, Valerie . Harlem on Our Minds: Place, Race, and the Literacies of Urban Youth . 2010 . Teachers College Press . 978-0-8077-5023-0 . en.
• Book: Kinloch, Valerie . Crossing Boundaries-teaching and Learning with Urban Youth . 2012 . Teachers College Press . 978-0-8077-5294-4 . en.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kinloch, Valerie, 1974- . LC Name Authority File (LCNAF).
2. Web site: 2023-06-22 . Dr. Valerie Kinloch Appointed President of Johnson C. Smith University . 2023-09-15 . Diverse: Issues In Higher Education . en-us.
3. News: Moore . Evan . June 21, 2023 . Johnson C. Smith University names new president. She's a familiar name to Charlotte HBCU . Charlotte Observer .
4. Web site: Professor Valerie Kinloch . 2023-07-23 . Teachers College - Columbia University . en.
5. Web site: Kyaw . Arrman . 2023-06-22 . Dr. Valerie Kinloch Appointed President of Johnson C. Smith University . 2023-07-23 . Diverse: Issues In Higher Education . en-us.
6. Web site: Dean Valerie Kinloch Named President of Johnson C. Smith University School of Education University of Pittsburgh . 2023-07-23 . www.education.pitt.edu.
7. Web site: Dr. Valerie Kinloch named as 15th President . 2023-07-23 . Johnson C. Smith University.