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The PhD Project, an award-winning program to create a more diverse corporate America, is proud to announce that Project participant, Dr. Eli Jones, has been named Dean of the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University effective July 1, 2015. Dr. Jones is the current Dean of the Sam Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas. He received his Ph.D. in Marketing from Texas A&M.

“Dr. Jones has been with The PhD Project for over 18 years, and came to us soon after receiving his PhD. His appointment is a well deserved recognition of his outstanding qualities,” said Bernard J. Milano, President of The PhD Project and the KPMG Foundation, co-founder and lead funder of The PhD Project. “There are fewer than 36 African-Americans in administrative positions at the “dean’s office” level out of over 1,200 colleges and universities that award degrees in business at non-HBCU business schools in the U.S. That is why, in 2010, The PhD Project launched Project AHEAD (Achieving Higher Education Administration Diversity) to encourage tenured minority faculty to explore positions in administration and provide them with tools and resources including webinars and providing mentors.” read more…