Black PR Wire Power Profiler on Dr. William Bynum

Dr. William Bynum

Dr. William Bynum is the new President of Jackson State University. With more than 25 years of experience in higher education, Dr. Bynum served most recently as the President of Mississippi Valley State University and Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Services at Morehouse College in Atlanta.

Throughout his career, Dr. Bynum has led special projects and initiatives related to enhancing retention and graduation rates and has developed academic policies to help students achieve and shorten their path to completion.

Dr. Bynum grew up in a rural area of North Carolina that is very similar to the Mississippi Delta and understands the power that education has to change the lives of students and their families for generations to come.

Dr. Bynum holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Davidson College and both a master’s degree and a doctorate in sociology from Duke University, where he was a Duke Endowment Fellow. In addition, he was selected as one of the first 13 inaugural members of the National Association For Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) - Kellogg Leadership Fellows Program in 2003.