Gwendolyn O'Neal
Gwendolyn O'Neal | |
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| President of Bennett College | |
Interim | |
| In office June 21, 2019 – August 1, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Phyllis Worthy Dawkins |
| Succeeded by | Suzanne Elise Walsh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1946 (age 77–78) |
| Education | Bennett College University of North Carolina at Greensboro Ohio State University |
Gwendolyn Sneed O'Neal (born 1946) is an American academic administrator and home economist who served as the interim president of Bennett College in 2019. She was a professor and head of the department of consumer, apparel, and retail studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro until 2014. O'Neal is a former president of the International Textiles and Apparel Association and of the National Coalition for Black Development in Home Economics.
Life[edit]
O'Neal was born in 1946.[1] She earned a B.S. from Bennett College in 1970.[1] She completed a M.Ed. at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) in 1971.[1] From 1971 to 1975, she served as an instructor of clothing and related arts at Bennett College.[1] She completed a Ph.D. in home economics from Ohio State University in 1977.[1] She majored in textile and clothing.[1] Her dissertation was titled, Clothing Effects as Nonverbal Communication on Credibility of the Message Source in Advertising.[1] Mary Lapitsky was her doctoral advisor.[1]
O'Neal joined Bennett College as an assistant professor of home economics in 1977.[1] For six years, she was a professor and head of the department of apparel, textiles, and interior design at Kansas State University.[2] She later became a professor and head of the department of consumer, apparel, and retail studies at UNCG.[3] In November 2003, she was designated a fellow of the International Textile and Apparel Association.[2] O'Neal was president of the International Textiles and Apparel Association (2004) and of the National Coalition for Black Development in Home Economics.[2][4] She retired from UNCG in 2014.[4] O’Neal succeeded Phyllis Worthy Dawkins as the interim president of Bennett College on June 21, 2019.[3] She was succeeded by Suzanne Elise Walsh on August 1.[3] She continued on as the chief operating officer.[3]
O’Neal is a member of the Mount Zion Baptist Church in Greensboro.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i O'Neal, Gwendolyn Sneed (1977). Clothing effects as nonverbal communication on credibility of the message source in advertising (Ph.D. thesis). Ohio State University. OCLC 11636871.
- ^ a b c "Gwendolyn Sneed O'Neal , UNCG NC DOCKS (North Carolina Digital Online Collection of Knowledge and Scholarship)". libres.uncg.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ^ a b c d e "Bennett alumna and career educator tapped to help lead College during transition". Bennett College. 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ^ a b "2003 ITAA Fellow – Gwendolyn O'Neal" (PDF). 2003.
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