Courtney A. Howard

Vice President

Courtney A. Howard is the vice president for community engagement at the College of Charleston. She serves as a member of the president's cabinet and provides leadership for community engagement initiatives involving College employees, as well as oversight of youth and precollege programs hosted by the university.

Howard joined the College of Charleston in 2011 and has served as director of the Center for Partnerships to Improve Education, as well as the School of Education's associate dean and briefly as interim dean. She helped establish the Afterschool and Summer Learning Resource Center that provided professional development and networking for afterschool youth specialists in the tri-county for five years. Prior to joining the College, Howard was a tenured faculty member and administrator at Claflin University in Orangeburg, S.C., She previously taught at Baldwin-Wallace College (now University) in Berea, OH. A science educator, she has served as a public middle school science teacher and science museum outreach coordinator.

In the community, she has been involved with Trident United Way, SC Commission on National and Community Service, Multiplying Good in South Carolina (formerly Jefferson Awards Foundation), Four Rivers Outreach Community Development Corporation, Tri-county Cradle to Career Collaborative, and several other organizations.

Howard holds doctorate and master's degrees in curriculum and instruction from University of Florida, and a bachelor's degree in biology from Florida A & M University.

Education

2003: Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction (science education), University of Florida

1999: M.Ed., Curriculum and Instruction (secondary science education), University of Florida

1997: B.S., Biology, Florida A & M University

Career Highlights

2022-present: Vice President

2017-2022: Associate Dean, School of Education, Health, and Human Performance, CofC

2019-2020: Interim Dean, School of Education, Health, and Human Performance, CofC

2011-2022: Director, Center for Partnerships to Improve Education, CofC

2010-2011: Interim Dean, School of Education, Claflin University

2008-2010: Director of Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment, School of Education, Claflin University

2004-2011: Assistant Professor, School of Education, Claflin University

Honors and Achievements

2015: Riley Institute Diversity Fellow, Furman University

2008-2009: Claflin University Spotlight on Faculty Excellence Achievement in Teaching Award

2006: Faculty advisor to 2nd place team, FBI National Curriculum Development Challenge

2003: Black Graduate Student Organization Legacy Award, University of Florida

2000-2003: Gates Millennium Scholarship

1999: Inducted, Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, University of Florida