Clarenda Phillips

Clarenda M. Phillips is the provost and vice president for academic affairs and a professor of sociology at Missouri State University. She previously served as the Texas A&M University System lead for a National Science Foundation grant on diversifying STEM faculty through postdoctoral pathways and as provost at both Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and Notre Dame of Maryland University. Phillips also served at Morehead State University (KY) as the associate vice president of academic affairs and department chair of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminology. Her teaching and research have focused on the intersectionality of race, gender, and class and the sociology of mental health. In addition to authoring several book chapters and articles, she is the co-editor of African American Fraternities and Sororities: The Legacy and the Vision. Phillips earned her bachelor’s degree from DePauw University (IN), her master’s and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and her M.Div. from Asbury Theological Seminary (KY). Phillips serves on the board of trustees at Lindsey Wilson University (KY) and DePauw University.