Ivory Toldson

Ivory A. Toldson, Ph.D., is the president and CEO of the QEM Network, professor of counseling psychology at Howard University, editor-in-chief of The Journal of Negro Education and executive editor of the Journal for Policy Analysis and Research, and published by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. Previously, Dr. Toldson was appointed by President Barack Obama to devise national strategies to sustain and expand federal support to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as the executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Since 2016, as QEM principal investigator, Dr. Toldson has been awarded more than $4.5 million from federal agencies, including the National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to support capacity-building efforts for STEM programs at Minority Serving Institutions. After completing coursework for a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at Temple University, Dr. Toldson became a correctional and forensic psychology resident at the United States Penitentiary. Dr. Toldson also holds an honorary doctorate from Florida Memorial University.