Phylicia Rashad Stepping Down As Dean of Howard University’s Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts
deadline.comActress Phylicia Rashad will end her role as Dean of Howard University’s Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts following the 2023-24 school year, Howard University President Wayne A.
I. Frederick announced in a press release. The announcement comes two years after Rashad was named dean of the College of Fine Arts.
She was praised by the administration for her efforts, but she made no statement as to the reasons for her departure. Rashad graduated from Howard with a bachelor’s in fine arts and has served as adjunct faculty and guest lecturer at several other institutions, including New York University, Carnegie Mellon University, SUNY Purchase, Vassar College and Fordham University.
Rashad got in hot water in 2021 when she tweeted her support for former costar Bill Cosby, whose sexual assault conviction was overturned.
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