AAMI Staff AAMI Assistant Directors Our program is a team effort, and we have benefited from the contributions of several assistant directors since our program’s initial year as “MALE Connection.” We are forever grateful for their expertise, their passion, and mentorship of our students.
Dr. Edward Hill
Dr. Allen Gee
Dr. David McIntyre
Dr. Michael Igbonagwam
Keri Pompey
Dr. Edward Hill — Assistant Director, 2010-2011 Dr. Edward Hill served as a founding assistant director of our AAMI program. He recently accepted a position at Harris-Stowe State University as the new Associate Provost of Academic Affairs, continuing his dedication to Black students in higher education. Dr. Hill is a graduate of Morehouse College, where he gave AAMI students an immersive experience in 2010. He’s also a highly sought-after motivational speaker and has received countless awards for excellence in teaching and outstanding administrative service. He has also chaired several state and national committees focused on improving outcomes for retention and graduation for males at minority-serving institutions (MSIs).
Dr. Allen Gee — Assistant Director, 2010-2015 Dr. Allen Gee earned his B.A. in Secondary English Teaching from the University of New Hampshire, an M.F.A. in Fiction Writing from the University of Iowa Writers Workshop, and his Ph.D. in Creative Writing and English Literature from the University of Houston. He’s the author of the essay collection, “My Chinese-America,” and is writer James Alan McPherson’s designated biographer. Gee is currently completing a novel, The Iron Road that chronicles the lives of Chinese railroad workers building the Central Pacific line in 1866. He taught from 20042018 at Georgia College where he served as coordinator for the Creative Writing program’s undergraduate concentration and the M.F.A. program, as well as directing the college’s visiting writers series. He has served as the Editor of the literary journal Gulf Coast, Fiction Editor for the literary journal Arts & Letters, and is currently the GEORGIA COLLEGE | 6 |
AAMI 2021 NEWSLETTER
