Clark Atlanta University announces the Relaunch and Renaming of the Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy

Courtesy of Clark Atlanta University

Clark Atlanta University will hold a press briefing announcing the relaunch and renaming of the Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy to the W.E.B. DuBois Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy on its campus Wednesday, February 22, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. in the Thomas W. Cole Exhibition Hall.

George T. French Jr., Ph.D., president of Clark Atlanta University, has renamed the Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy after W.E.B. DuBois and has placed it in the Department of Political Science.

“Dr. DuBois was an eminent scholar who spent much of his career at Atlanta University conducting cutting-edge research on the social and political conditions of Black people in the South,” said President French. “It is only fitting that this policy center bears his name.”

Dr. Joseph L. Jones, an Associate Professor of Political Science, has been named Executive Director, and Dr. Hashim Gibrill has been named Global Policy Coordinator.  The DuBois Policy Center will focus on three areas: American South, Global South, and Universities Initiatives.

“I am happy to continue in the tradition of Dr. DuBois and the former Executive Director, Dr. Bob Holmes, to conduct serious research that leads to real policy solutions for Black people here and abroad,” said Dr. Jones.

The DuBois Policy Center will revive the Status of Black Atlanta and Georgia Legislative Review, for which it was known for decades.  Moreover, it will also commit to expanding its research into the African Diaspora.