The Florida chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network continues its ongoing discussion about the environment in which academics in higher education in Florida do their work. Please join us on November 21, 2024 for updates on relevant court cases and the work being done by the United Faculty of Florida as we face these challenges in solidarity. Register here.
FEATURING
Teresa M. Hodge, Broward College and UFF President
Teresa M. Hodge is from St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands and is a 1986 graduate of the Charlotte Amalie High School where the motto is “To Excel Always.” To this day, she continues to actualize that motto in everything that she pursues. She earned her BA in Mathematics and her MS in Applied Mathematics, both from Hampton University (HU), an historically black university in Hampton, VA. Today, she’s an associate professor of mathematics. Teresa has been an active union member since being hired full-time in August 2002, but her leadership development journey didn’t begin until the fall of 2010 when she was accepted into the National Education Association’s (NEA’s) Emerging Leaders Academy, at that time a competitive year-long leadership training program for higher education union members. Since graduating from the program, she has served as a faculty senate president (2011-2014); UFF-Broward College Chapter president (2011-2016, 2018-2023); and UFF statewide membership committee chair (2017-2018). She has also served as a delegate to the FEA, American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and NEA; a UFF Senator; and a UFF representative on FEA’s governance board. In September 2023, she was elected as UFF’s statewide first vice president. She was then appointed as UFF President in November 2023. As she serves UFF in this new role, she will continue to actualize her high school motto, “To Excel Always.”
Samique C. March-Dallas, Florida A&M University and UFF at FAMU President
Samique C. March-Dallas, Ph.D., CFA, is an Associate Professor of Finance at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida. She also serves as the Director of the Investments & Analytics Finance Lab, the United Faculty of Florida Chapter at Florida A&M University President, an Oversight Professor to the Society for Financial Education and Professional Development financial ambassadors, and advisor to two student organizations – Chief Financiers Organization, and the Omega Xi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity. She received her Ph.D. in Finance from Florida International University in Miami, Florida where she also attained a Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Sciences and a Master of Science in Finance. She has passed all three levels of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program from CFA International and is a CFA charter holder. Dr. March-Dallas has been teaching Finance courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels for over 17 years. Dr. March-Dallas coordinates both the Research Cafe – faculty research presentation series – and the Finance Lunch and Learn -whereby industry professionals come and speak with students on a very intimate scale about the finance industry. Dr. March-Dallas values advocacy and is a passionate advocate for the faculty as the president of the United Faculty of Florida, Florida A&M University Chapter.
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