b'2024 Inaugural HBCU Studies Emblem Award Recipients1 2for helping those underrepresented in higher education develop and excel TATE U S TAT E U N IAS N I V I A V Eacademically through access to diverse I E N RI N R Ibooks and scholarly concepts. S G SG IR R TIT IVI YVYA 1992 graduate of the University of Virginia, Curtis strives to drive H HB DC R B Deducational output by offering his U A C RU AS WT ASTA W expertise, time, and more importantly, UDIESM UDIESMEMBLE EMBLEcanon of literary thought to those historically denied a pathway to literacy.He is supported by his wife of 20 3 4years, Ann, and daughter Lexi, who is a Freshman at Bucknell University.U S T U D U S T U DC A T I C A T IB T E U E B T E U ES N S S N SH A I V H A I VI IN E N ECurtis Lee Ross is the Founding Director ofE I R E I RG GM R I D M R I DS SB I T R B I T RKHBCU of Kendall Hunt Publishing Company. V Y V YL A L AFrom its inception, KHBCU dedicated itself W WE EA AM M to enriching the repository of HBCU literature through the establishment of a HBCU exclusive publishing division of Kendall Hunt. Ross expanded opportunity by leading the field to provide Black College faculty with an ability to publish their cutting-edge scholarship. His5 6commitment to safeguarding the study of Historically Black Colleges and Universities wasD IES EM B L I N A S TATE U N I V Eonce considered rare.U E M R G R S IT I T YS A VYet for over 24 years, Curtis has worked withU WHBCUs to create low-cost, academic publicationsC A HBCU STUDIESEMBLEM AWARDB RHDbased upon the needs of their faculty, staff, and students; thereby, demonstrating the uniqueS IN 82analytical capacity of Black Colleges. A native ofCE18inner-city Richmond, Virginia, Curtis has a passion 5 The American Presidency and HBCUs: A Preeminent History'