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The Alabama Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AAGEP) is comprised of a partnership with The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Auburn University, The University of Alabama, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, The University of South Alabama and seven Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The partners are charter members of the Alabama Alliance for Minority Participation and have a track record of working successfully to implement minority student programs including the Alabama AGEP, Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP), Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Program, Bridge to Teaching (BT) Fellowship Program, Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), Graduate Bridge, Summer Bridge, Summer Research Internship and Summer Research Conference. Since the beginning of the alliance in 1998, the AAGEP program has seen a doubling of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) Ph.D. graduates.

(Left to Right) Dr. Adriel D. Johnson, Sr., The University of Alabama in Huntsville;
Dr. Louis Dale, The University of Alabama at Birmingham; Dr. Luther Williams, Tuskegee University; Dr. Overtoun Jenda, Auburn University and Dr. Roosevelt Johnson, The National Science Foundation
Photo taken at the 2006 AAGEP/ALSAMP Graduate School Fair.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The National Science Foundation funds the Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) program. The primary goals of AGEP are to (a) significantly increase the number of underrepresented minorities obtaining graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), particularly groups that historically have been underrepresented - African Americans, Alaskan Natives, American Indians, Hispanic Americans and Native Pacific Islanders and to (b) enhance the preparation of under-represented minorities for faculty positions in academia.

AGEP employs a strategy of supporting alliances of doctoral-granting institutions to accomplish these goals. The alliances, in turn, employ creative administrative strategies, develop infrastructure and engage in substantive partnerships with nondoctoral-granting institutions (many minority-serving institutions) to enhance recruitment, retention and advancement. The effectiveness of the AGEP approach can be attributed to a variety of factors, including leveraging of shared resources, thinking creatively to produce more supportive and proactive graduate infrastructure and committing to attain ambitious goals with respect to increasing minority doctoral degree production.

AAGEP EVENTS

The University of South Alabama has joined the Alabama AGEP/LSAMP partnership. The University of South Alabama Co-Princiapl Investigators are Dr. Carl Cunningham, Jr. and Dr. Alexandra Stenson.

Dr. Mary Jane Krotzer is Stillman College's new Principal Investigator.

The 12th Annual Graduate School Fair will be held on Monday, October 5, 2009 at The University of Alabama at Birmingham..

Lead Institution:
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
Dr. Louis Dale, Principal Investigator
Dr. Carolyn Braswell, Co-Principal Investigator, Project Director & UAB Principal Investigator
Campbell Hall 401 · 1530 3rd Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35294-1170
Phone: 205-934-8762 · Fax: 205-934-1650
E-mail: ldale@uab.edu · cbraswel@uab.edu

Alabama A&M University (AAMU)
Dr. Jacqueline U. Johnson, AAMU Principal Investigator
(256) 372-5713 · jacq.johnson@email.aamu.edu

Alabama State University (ASU)
Dr. Wallace Maryland, Jr., ASU Principal Investigator
(334) 229-4464 · wmaryland@alasu.edu

Auburn University (AU)
Dr. Overtoun M. Jenda, AU Principal Investigator
(334) 844-4184 · jendaov@auburn.edu

Miles College (MC)
Dr. Charles C. Woods, MC Principal Investigator
(205) 929-1551 · cwoods@miles.edu

Oakwood University (OU)
Dr. Kenneth LaiHing, OU Principal Investigator
(256) 726-7112 · laihing@oakwood.edu

Stillman College (SC)
Dr. Mary Jane Krotzer, SC Principal Investigator
(205) 366-8929 · mkrotzer@stillman.edu

Talladega College (TC)
Dr. Leonard Cole, TC Principal Investigator
(256) 761-6300 · lcole@talladega.edu

Tuskegee University (TU)
Dr. Herman Windham, TU Co-Principal Investigator
(334) 727-8556 · windham@tuskegee.edu

The University of Alabama (UA)
Dr. Viola L. Acoff, UA Principal Investigator
(205) 348-3761 · vacoff@eng.ua.edu

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH)
Dr. Adriel D. Johnson, Sr., UAH Principal Investigator
(256) 824-6235 · johnsona@email.uah.edu

The University of South Alabama (USA)
Dr. Carl Cunningham, Jr., USA Co-Principal Investigator
(251) 432-2275 · ccunningham@usouthal.edu
Dr. Alexandra Stenson,USA Co-Principal Investigator (251) 460-7432 · astenson@jaguar1.usouthal.edu