| Christine Johnson McPhail | |
|---|---|
| 13th President of St. Augustine's University | |
| In office February 24, 2021 – December 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Irving Pressley McPhail |
| Succeeded by | Leslie Rodriguez-McClellon (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Spouse |
Irving Pressley McPhail
(m. 1998; died 2020) |
| Education | Fresno City College Fresno State University University of Southern California |
Christine Johnson McPhail is an American academic administrator who was the thirteenth president of St. Augustine's University from 2021 to 2023.
Life
McPhail was born to Mary and Otis Johnson. Her mother was a homemaker and her father was a sharecropper who later started a small business in Tyler, Texas. She was raised in a rural town in East Texas. She attended from Emmett Scott High School. McPhail graduated from Fresno City College and earned a bachelor's degree in social work from Fresno State University. She worked for the Economic Opportunities Commission as a social worker for Head Start. She completed a master's degree in education and counseling from Fresno State University.
McPhail began a doctoral program at University of California, Berkeley while working as a counselor at Contra Costa College. She later became an assistant dean of students and was promoted to dean at College of Alameda. With the full-time position, she paused her doctoral studies. She later transferred to a part-time D.Ed. program in higher education at University of Southern California. Her 1987 dissertation was titled, Academically Underprepared Students in the California Community Colleges. Clive Grafton was her doctoral chairperson.
McPhail became president of Cypress College in 1995. She was its first Black and first female president. She stepped down in June 1998 after marrying her husband, Irving Pressley McPhail. She later joined Morgan State University as the founding professor and director of its community college leadership doctoral program. McPhail was later a professor of practice at the John E. Roueche Center for Community College Leadership at Kansas State University. Following the death of her husband due to COVID-19 in October 2020, she was selected to succeed him as the thirteenth president of St. Augustine's University effective February 24, 2021. Her presidency ended in December 2023 and she was succeeded by acting president Leslie Rodriguez-McClellon.
References
- ^ Watson, Jamal (2021-02-24). "Saint Augustine's University Finds a Visionary Leader in Dr. Christine Johnson McPhail". Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ Watson, Jamal (2018-04-16). "McPhail Rallies Around College Access". Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- "Christine Johnson McPhail Is the New President of Saint Augustine's University in North Carolina". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. 2021-03-08. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ Johnson, Christine Bessard (1987). Academically Underprepared Students in the California Community Colleges (D.Ed. thesis). University of Southern California Digital Library (USC.DL). doi:10.25549/usctheses-c30-391231.
- ^ Thrift, Anastasia (2021-03-11). "Former Cypress President to Lead University". Cypress College. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ "Christine Johnson McPhail succeeds late husband as Saint Augustine's University president". ABC11 Raleigh-Durham. 2021-02-23. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- "Saint Augustine's University Announces the Appointment of Dr. Christine Johnson McPhail as the University's 13th President". Saint Augustine's University. 2021-02-23. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- Kyaw, Arrman (2023-12-05). "Trouble at Saint Augustine's University". Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- Moody, Josh (December 6, 2023). "Saint Augustine's President Fired, Accreditation Stripped". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- Living people
- People from Tyler County, Texas
- Fresno City College alumni
- California State University, Fresno alumni
- University of Southern California alumni
- Cypress College people
- Morgan State University faculty
- Kansas State University faculty
- St. Augustine's University (North Carolina) faculty
- Heads of historically black universities and colleges in the United States
- Women heads of universities and colleges
- 21st-century American women academics
- 21st-century African-American academics
- 21st-century American academics
- African-American women academic administrators
- American women academic administrators
- African-American academic administrators
- American social workers
- 21st-century African-American women writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- 21st-century African-American writers
- Academics from Texas