| Charlotte P. Morris | |||||||||||||||
| Order: | 9th | ||||||||||||||
| President of Tuskegee University | |||||||||||||||
| Term Start: | August 1, 2021 | ||||||||||||||
| Predecessor: | Lily McNair | ||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Kosciusko, Mississippi, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Alma Mater: | Jackson State University Delta State University Kansas State University | ||||||||||||||
| Residence: | Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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Charlotte P. Morris is an American academic administrator. She served as the interim president of Tuskegee University, a private, historically black university in Tuskegee, Alabama, and on July 26, 2021, was elected ninth president of the university by its board of trustees, effective August 1, 2021.[1]
Morris was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi[2] and is African-American. She graduated from Jackson State University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in business education.[3] She subsequently earned a master's degree from Delta State University, followed by a PhD in education and business management from Kansas State University.[3]
Morris taught at Kansas State University and Trenholm State Community College. She was an administrator at Mississippi Valley State University.[2]
Morris joined the Tuskegee Institute in 1984. Morris served as the interim president between Benjamin F. Payton and Gilbert L. Rochon in 2010.[3] [4] She was interim dean of the Andrew W. Brimmer College of Business and Information Science until 2017, when she began her second term as interim president.[3] [4] She was succeeded as president by Lily McNair in 2018.[5] On July 26, 2021, Morris was elected ninth president of the university by its board of trustees, effective August 1, 2021.[1]
Morris is the widow of late Dr. William R. Morris. She has a son, and she lives in Montgomery, Alabama.[2]