Dr. Said Sewell
Dr. Said Sewell previously served as the director of the Office of Academics, Research, and Student Success for the Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC). At the AUCC, Sewell provided leadership coordination for academic affairs, student affairs, and sponsored research divisions of Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Spelman College. Prior to joining the AUCC, Sewell held numerous leadership positions at institutions of higher learning, including roles as the vice president for student affairs at Morehouse College, as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Lincoln University in Missouri, as assistant provost form academic affairs and dean of undergraduate studies at Kent State University in Ohio, and as the acting assistant vice president for academic affairs and executive director of the Academic Success Center at Fort Valley State University.
Dr. Sewell is the founder, executive director, and chairman of the board of directors for the Center for African-American Males: Research, Success, and Leadership Inc., a research and modeling center for the advancement of AfricanAmerican males. Dr. Sewell has received numerous awards based on his scholarship and civic service, including the University of System of Georgia’s African American Male Initiative Best Practices Leadership Award, the Visionary Award from the Follow Me Foundation, Inc., and the National Conference of Black Political Scientists’ Teacher of the Year Award.
A native of Houston, Texas, Sewell entered Morehouse College in 1988 and graduated in 1992 with a bachelor’s in political science. He also holds a Master of Public Administration in public policy from Texas Southern University and a doctorate from Clark Atlanta University in political science. He earned fellowships with associations and colleges including the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, the University System of Georgia, Harvard University, the University of Nebraska, and the James (Jimmy) Earl Carter Presidential Library.
Dr. Sewell has co-authored three books, Georgia State Politics, Conflicting Democracy: A Critical Analysis of America’s Political Process and We the People: Reflections on American Politics. He is currently completing work on two books: Empowering Black Male Students to Greatness and Let Us Make Man: A Conversation with Black Men on Saving Black Boys.