MURAP - MURAP Alumni

MURAP Alumni

We have an alumni database of 360 students dating from 1989-2010. Of the 337 alumni who have completed their undergraduate education as of June 2010, 197 or 58% have enrolled in or have completed graduate programs, almost 50% have completed or are in the process of completing Master’s degrees, about 33% have completed or are currently pursuing Ph.D. programs, and 11% are teaching in colleges and universities.

The aim of MURAP is to have students successfully complete their advanced degree programs and enter the ranks of the professorate. The success of the program can be gauged quantitatively by the proportion of MURAP students who pursue graduate studies in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Some examples of MURAP alumni who currently hold academic positions are shown in the table below.

It is therefore important that we maintain contact with students after their summer experience and continue to provide encouragement and support to them with respect to doctoral studies. To achieve this, we have developed a systematic "tracking" process through which we hope to follow students in the years following their summer at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Using the “Alumni Update Form” on our website, we ask that alumni keep us updated with respect to their achievements, contact information, employment and other changes with regard to their educational and work status. It is imperative that we keep track of such information and report it accurately as we prepare materials showcasing alumni achievements and progress in grant-related and publicity reports. Also, it will help us in identifying alumni who may be able to assist other alumni through their journey in graduate school and beyond.

MURAP alumni can also search for MURAP news and contacts using our Facebook page, which was created to help alumni keep in touch with one another and to provide an additional tool for identifying alumni with similar interests. We regularly update the page with current MURAP news and events, so if you are on Facebook, please "like" us and invite others you know to join too! You can also get up to date news via our twitter account @MURAPalum.

A sampling of MURAP alumni holding academic positions:

Cohort	Name	Grad University	Grad Program	Current Profession	Current Employer/ Location
1989	Mildred Mickle	UNC-Chapel Hill	English	Associate Professor, English	Penn State-Greater Allegheny
1991	Mignon Moore	Univ. of Chicago	Sociology	Associate Professor of Sociology	University of California, Los Angeles
1991	Charles Peterson	SUNY-Binghamton	Philosophy	Associate Professor, Africana Studies Department	College of Wooster
1991	Michael Jennings	UNC-Chapel Hill	Education	Associate Professor, Education	University of Texas at San Antonio
1995	Millery Polyne	University of Michigan	American History	Assistant Professor, American Studies	NYU, Gallatin School of Individualized Study
1995	Richard Middleton	University of Missouri-Columbia	Political Science	Associate Professor, Political Science	University of Missouri-St. Louis
1996	Gena Chandler	UNC-Chapel Hill	African American Literature & Theory	Associate Professor, English	Virginia Tech
1996	Zachery Williams	Bowling Green	History	Assistant Professor, History; Associate Director, Pan-African Studies	University of Akron
1996	Melanie Eddins-Spencer	University of Alabama-Huntsville	Mathematics (Applied Mathematics )	Associate Professor, Mathematics	Prairie State College
1999	Carlos Alamo-Pastrana	University of California, Santa Barbara	Sociology	Assistant Professor, Sociology	Vassar College
1999	John Bullock	University of Maryland-College Park	Political Science	Assistant Professor, Political Science	Towson University
2000	Kennetta Hammond Perry	Michigan State University	History	Assistant Professor, History	East Carolina University
2000	Kris Sealey	University of Memphis	Philosophy	Assistant Professor, Philosophy	Fairfield University
2002	Omari Dyson	Purdue University	Curriculum Studies	Assistant Professor, Education	South Carolina State University
2002	Reena Goldthree	Duke University	History	Assistant Professor, History	Dartmouth College
2003	Laurence Ralph	University of Chicago	Anthropology	Assistant Professor of African American Studies and Anthropology	Harvard University