Welcome to the Southern Region!

Welcome to the largest region- the Southern Region! Your regional representatives for the 2008-2009 year, Jamon Holt and Spencer Platt, proudly represent graduate and professional scholars in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

About Jamon:

Jamon Holt hails from Washington D.C. and is currently a second year doctoral student in the Social Foundations of Education Program. He received his Bachelors degree from Oberlin College in African American Studies and his Masters Degree from Miami University in Higher Education Administration. His research focuses on the role of black student activism at historically black colleges and universities in the United States and in South Africa.

About Spencer:

Spencer Platt is a second year doctoral student in Higher Educational Administration at the University of Texas at Austin. His areas of interest include issues of equity, access and Affirmative Action in Higher Education. He is a graduate of both the University of South Carolina for his undergraduate studies and The University of Dayton for his Masters degree. Spencer is currently the outgoing President of the Black Graduate Student Association at the University of Texas.

Being that the southern region is the largest region, our goals for this year are to work to harvest the potential of the region. As Southern Regional Representatives, our goals are to facilitate chapter growth and development in our region while also building bridges to connect members and chapters to other associations with similar interests and challenges. Through increasing visibility amongst all schools in the region and strengthening the ties between current member institutions, NBGSA will become the scholastic, social, and professional resource that is desperately needed to help us help each other, transcending disciplines and coming together to better ourselves and effectually those that we have been given the responsibility to serve.

If you are interested in becoming a member or establishing a new chapter of the NBGSA at your university/college contact Jamon contact Jamon (sorep01@nbgsa.org) or Spencer (sorep02@nbgsa.org). Additionally, join our facebook group-NBGSA Southern Region. We look forward to welcoming you into the finest region of the NBGSA-the Southern Region!

Jamon Holt & Spencer Platt
2008-2009 Southern Regional Representative

States in Southern Region:

Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Virgin Islands and West Virginia