HU Provost Appointed Board Chair of NIA

Hampton University Provost Dr. Pamela V. Hammond was recently appointed chair of the board of directors of the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA).  Headquartered in the city of Hampton, VA, NIA is a non-profit research and graduate education institute created to conduct cutting-edge research in the areas of aerospace and atmospheric science.

 “When evaluating everything NIA does to assist in preparing students I am honored to be named chair of the board of directors,” Hammond remarks. “I am humbled to be able to help the next generation of aerospace researchers.” 

Hammond has served in the capacity of vice-chair of the board of directors of NIA for the past two years, and has been a member since 2009. As chair of the board of directors her primary role is one of fiduciary responsibility—insuring that the organization is run as a business and remains as transparent as possible.

Hammond served as the dean of the School of Nursing at Hampton University before her appointment as provost. Through Hammond’s efforts, Hampton University implemented the first Ph.D. program in nursing at a historically black college or university in 1999, resulting in an increase in the numbers of doctorally prepared racial and ethnic minority nurses.

Hammond has held a variety of leadership positions of increasing responsibility and dedicated herself to promoting the education and well being of students and the health and welfare of underserved, abused, and neglected individuals. Her most notable appointments have been to the National Advisory Council on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Library of Medicine Environmental Health Information Partnership, Virginia Board of Nursing, and the Advisory Council on the Future of Nursing in Virginia.  Hammond has authored and co-authored articles and chapters on a variety of topics, including health disparities, doctoral education, recruitment and retention of minority students, and child abuse and neglect.

Hammond recieved a B.S. degree in nursing from Tuskegee University, a M.S. degree in maternal child nursing from the University of Maryland-Baltimore, and a doctoral degree in educational leadership from Old Dominion University.