Dr.
Freeman is an associate professor
of Adult, Organizational Learning and Leadership at the University of Idaho.
In
recognition of Black History Month, South Dakota Mines’ student chapter of the National Society
of Black Engineers (NSBE) and the university’s Center for Inclusion are hosting Dr.
Sydney Freeman Jr.,
who will present a live virtual webinar titled “Where do we go from here,” at
6:30 p.m. MT on Wednesday, Feb. 24. The event is open to the public.
Dr.
Freeman is an associate professor of Adult,
Organizational Learning and Leadership at the University of Idaho. He also is
an educational theorist, social scientist and nationally recognized former
academic administrator with experience in various aspects of academic and
student affairs. Freeman is a prolific author with nearly 100 articles to his
credit and has lectured and presented at institutions such as Harvard University,
Oxford University (UK), Jerusalem College of Technology (Israel) and RMIT
University Vietnam, Saigon.
He
is the lead editor of the text, Advancing Higher Education as a Field of
Study: In Quest of Doctoral Degree Guidelines (Stylus Publishing, 2014), which received the 2015 Auburn
University Graduate School “Book of the Year” Award. He also serves on the
executive committee of the American Association of University Administrators
and was honored with the “2015 Emergent Leader of the Year” award by the same
professional society. This was based on his leadership at Tuskegee University
in his previous capacity as director of one of their teaching and learning centers.
He was named “the 2020 recipient of Auburn University’s College of Education
Outstanding Young Alumni award,” and was honored as one of the Accomplished
Under 40 award recipients for 2020 by the Idaho Business Review.
This
is the second speaker at Mines in celebration of 2021 Black History Month. In
late January, the university hosted a virtual discussion on the topic of
justice and equity with Selwyn Jones, the uncle of George Floyd, along with other
panel members.