Institution: Morgan State University
Graduate Program: Higher Education Administration
Education: B.S., Government/Political Science, Bowie State University; MPA, Management and Public Policy, Bowie State University; Graduate Certificate, Project Management, Bowie State University
Mentors: Rev. Dr. Lewis M. Anthony, Metropolitan Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church; Rev. Dr. Kathryn G. Brown, A.M.E. Zion Church; Dr. Minnette Bumpus, Bowie State University; Dr. Harold Morales, Center for Religion and Cities; Dr. Ajene Wilcoxson, Pipeline2Possibilities Program for the California Community College system
“I can easily see Dom Turner being a college president one day,” said Dr. Frimpomaa Ampaw, chair of the Department of Advanced Studies, Leadership and Policy in the School of Education and Urban Studies at Morgan State University. “I don’t even know if he sees it for himself, but I see it for him.”
Dominique Turner, a fourth-year Ph.D. student in higher education administration at Morgan State, an HBCU in Maryland, said he does not see that as a career goal, but he has seen a shift in higher education that makes his skill set more desirable in a president.
“He has the ability to lead groups and teams,” said Dr. Virginia Byrne, assistant professor of higher education and student affairs at Morgan State. “He thinks about big strategies.”
Turner, who grew up in Maryland and attended Bowie State University, another Maryland HBCU, for his bachelor’s and master’s degrees, said he chose a doctoral program that would help him build academic and administrative skills and prepare him to be a scholar-practitioner.
