Naeemah Clark

(She/her)

Naeemah Clark  is an Associate Provost of Academic Inclusive Excellence and professor of Cinema & TV Arts in the School of Communications.

In her current role as an associate provost, she is enhancing faculty recruitment and retention strategies, deepening equitable pedagogy and course content, and assessing student learning. She administers Elon's targeted hiring initiatives and the aligned faculty cohorts.  This role is both strategic and programmatic in that it helps create sustainable policies related to faculty academic freedom, but also workis with individual faculty to help them create courses that are inclusive, equitable, and appealing to new college-going demographics.

She has edited the book, African Americans in the History of U.S. Media, co-authored a textbook Diversity in US Media, published work in Journalism History, American Behavioral Scientist, and has presented numerous papers at various conferences. Dr. Clark is interested in studying and teaching about economic, programming, and diversity issues related to the media and entertainment industries.  Before coming to Elon in 2009, Dr. Clark worked at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and Kent State University.  She has a Ph.D. and M.A. in mass communication from the University of Florida and a B.S. in English Education from Florida State University.  Since coming to Elon in 2009, Dr. Clark has led student groups to Vietnam, Berlin, and Central Florida.