Dr. Jamal Watson

Thanks @PoliticsNation and @TheRevAl for having me on to talk about DEI issues on this important Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. weekend.

Food. HBCU swag giveaways. Amazing short films about HBCU history and culture. JASMINE GUY. Join us April 10 at Emory University. 2026HBCUFilmFest.eventbrite.com

Join four of our MCT Board members at #NASPA Conference for a session titled, “Mentorship and Sponsorship as Catalysts for Leadership and Retention in Student Affairs: Lessons from Legacy and Practice.” If you’ll be at NASPA, we hope you’ll join us! #Studentaffairs #highered

The Distinguished Public Service Award goes to @DrJLMooreIII (@NSF @osuehe), awarded to those who have been at the forefront of efforts to increase recognition and support for education research.

Sadden to learn of the death of one of the most impactful college presidents ever to live—Dr. Norman C. Francis. Thank you for your leadership to @XULA1925 and the nation.

Moving remembrance of Jesse Jackson by @Trinitydc Dean Jamal Watson @jamalericwatson theeduledger.com/opinion/articl…

All Day Today on C-SPAN2: Jesse Jackson In His Own Words C-SPAN is dedicating C-SPAN2 programming today (February 17, 2026) to presenting historic Jesse Jackson video. It's a marathon of Jesse Jackson in his own words. All day C-SPAN2 will feature Rev. Jackson's most important speeches and interviews. The marathon began this morning with Rev. Jackson's 1984 Democratic convention speech. More here: c-span.org/liveEvent/?jes…

Both now ancestors…

The Dreamer Who Would Not Wait: Reverend Jesse Jackson and the Unfinished Work of Access (by @JamalEricWatson) bit.ly/4kD66UR

Thank you @RevJJackson

Thanks @glastris for speaking this evening to students, faculty and staff at @TrinityDC.

At @SIUC today for the opening of the intellectual collection and portrait dedication of Dr. Melvin Terrell. Honored to serve as the Master of Ceremonies for the program.

Thanks @nasfaa nasfaa.org/news-item/3805…

Great book by @jamalericwatson!

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"The Student Debt Crisis: America's Moral Urgency" has been named the Book of the Quarter by the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s (@tmcf_hbcu) Dr. N. Joyce Payne Research Center! Check out the latest book reviews and purchase your copy today: bit.ly/4nHvAkv

.@StillmanCollege students received a message of hope, courage and liberation from @JamalEricWatson during a spring convocation ceremony. theeduledger.com/institutions/h…

Award- winning journalist encourages students at Stillman College tuscaloosanews.com/story/news/202… via @tuscaloosanews

It was a joy to deliver the convocation today at @StillmanCollege. Thanks to President Yolanda Page for the invite and for hosting a book talk and signing. #Tigers.

Honored to deliver the keynote at @StillmanCollege Spring Convocation this Thursday.

🎉 Congrats to board member Dr. @jamalericwatson on being named to the top education scholars list for the 2nd year in a row! Scholars are recognized for having the biggest impact on educational practice & policy. We are so proud of your work! 👏 edweek.org/policy-politic…