{"id":15704,"date":"2026-01-29T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/?p=15704"},"modified":"2026-01-26T20:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T01:04:13","slug":"umes-to-host-harvard-divinity-dean-dr-marla-frederick-on-feb-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/umes-to-host-harvard-divinity-dean-dr-marla-frederick-on-feb-5\/","title":{"rendered":"UMES to host Harvard Divinity Dean Dr. Marla Frederick on Feb. 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/Dr.-Marla-Frederick-photo-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/Dr.-Marla-Frederick-photo-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/Dr.-Marla-Frederick-photo-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/Dr.-Marla-Frederick-photo-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/Dr.-Marla-Frederick-photo.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. <strong>M<\/strong>arla Frederick, the first black woman to serve as Dean of Harvard Divinity School, will address the University of Maryland Eastern Shore as part of the campus&#8217;s Black History Month celebration on Thursday, Feb. 5.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. <strong>Marla Frederick<\/strong>, the first black woman to serve as Dean of Harvard Divinity School, kicks off Black History Month at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore on Thursday, Feb. 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frederick, a leading ethnographer and scholar focused on the African American religious experience, will address the campus and local community during an afternoon presentation at the Student Services Center Theatre from 12 to 1 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUMES has long been a gathering place for trailblazers, thought leaders, and history makers\u2014individuals who engage our campus community in meaningful dialogue and bold ideas,\u201d UMES President <strong>Heidi M. Anderson<\/strong> said. \u201cWe are honored to welcome Dr. Frederick to our hallowed institution and look forward to a powerful and inspiring conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frederick, who became the 18th Dean of Harvard Divinity School in 2024, also serves as a professor of Religion and Culture and African American Studies at Harvard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to becoming Dean of Harvard Divinity School, Frederick served as the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Religion and Culture at Emory University\u2019s Candler School of Theology. She also previously served on the faculty at Harvard in the Department of African American studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She is the author or co-author of four books, including Colored Television: American Religion Gone Global and Between Sundays: Black Women and Everyday Struggles of Faith. As general editor, she is currently curating, alongside five co-editors, an encyclopedia of the histories of historically Black colleges and universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Frederick earned her BA from Spelman College and her Ph.D. at Duke University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Marla Frederick, the first black woman to serve as Dean of Harvard Divinity School, kicks off Black History Month at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore on Thursday, Feb. 5. Frederick, a leading ethnographer and scholar focused on the African American religious experience, will address the campus and local community during an afternoon presentation&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/umes-to-host-harvard-divinity-dean-dr-marla-frederick-on-feb-5\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">UMES to host Harvard Divinity Dean Dr. Marla Frederick on Feb. 5<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1559,"featured_media":15703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-15704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15704"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=15704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}