Dr. Melody Carter, Fort Valley State University’s vice president of external affairs will be the program speaker on April 13. Carter and former FVSU president Dr. Kofi Lomotey co-edited “The Encyclopedia of African American Education,” released by Sage Publishers, a reference guide about African-American contributions in academia.

She was also invited to speak in Brazil at Federal University of São Carlos’ Center of the Education and the Humanites, Department of Methodology last year.