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Mitch McEwen
Mitch McEwen joined Princeton’s faculty in 2017 from the University of Michigan’s A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, where she had been an assistant professor. She is principal of McEwen Studio

Paul T. Roberts Sr. ’85
Paul Timothy Roberts Sr. is president of Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary (JCSTS) in Atlanta, Georgia, a position he has held since the spring of 2010. Under Paul’s leadership, JCSTS has gained prominence in

James H. Simmons III ’88
James Simmons III is CEO and Managing Partner at Asland Capital Partners where he serves as the head of the investment committee. James has over two decades of experience in real estate investment throughout

Yolanda Pierce ’94
Yolanda Pierce is professor and dean of the Howard University School of Divinity in Washington, D.C. She is the first woman to be appointed dean in the divinity school’s 150-year history. She is a

Sheila Marmon ’94
Sheila Marmon is the founder and chief executive officer of Mirror Digital, an interactive media and advertising company. She helps Fortune 500 brands tap into the fastest growing U.S. consumer base — the multicultural

Karen Richardson ’93
Karen Richardson became dean of admission at Princeton on July 1. She will oversee the team that is charged with recruitment and selection of the University’s first-year and transfer students. Previously, Karen was dean

Myesha Jemison ’18
Myesha Jemison ’18, of Virginia Beach, Virginia and Atlanta, Georgia, studied global health at Princeton, graduating with a degree in Spanish and Portuguese and certificates in African studies, African American studies, environmental studies and Latin American

Jameelah Muhammad Ingram ’04
Jameelah Muhammad Ingram was inspired to study architecture and structural engineering by the soaring skyscrapers and beautiful bridges in her hometown of Chicago. Her mother, who is an artist, and father, a U.S. Navy

Achille Tenkiang ’17
Achille Tenkiang ’17, of Bear, Delaware, graduated from Princeton in 2017 with an independent concentration in African studies and development, and certificates in urban studies and French. He is an international arbitration legal assistant at White

Sarah-Jane Leslie *07
Sarah-Jane Leslie *07 earned her Ph.D. from Princeton’s philosophy department, where she then served as a faculty member for 12 years before becoming dean of the Graduate School. Along the way, she has held