Sydney Freeman, Jr. Ph.D

Oakwood University alumnus Dr. Sydney Freeman, Jr. is the managing editor of The Journal of HBCU Research + Culture (HBCUR+C). Dr. Freeman is associate professor of higher education at the University of Idaho. He is a former National Holmes Scholar, a certified faculty developer through the Learning Resources Network, and an affiliate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Minority Serving Institutions. His research investigates the challenges facing higher education administration programs, specifically, higher education as a field of study and the university presidency. Dr. Freeman has published numerous journal articles and is the lead editor of Advancing Higher Education as a Field of Study: In Quest of Doctoral Degree Guidelines which received the 2015 Auburn University Graduate School “Book of the Year” Award. He also was recently named to the Board of Directors of the American Association of University Administrators and was honored with the “2015 Emergent Leader of the Year” award by the same professional society. He serves on multiple academic journal editorial and review boards, including serving as the founder and editor-in-chief of The Journal for the Study of Postsecondary and Tertiary Education.