The 2015-18 Presidential Teaching Professor is Michelle R. Scott, associate professor and director of graduate studies in history and an affiliate associate professor in gender and women’s studies; Africana studies; and the language, literacy and culture doctoral program. She is also recipient of the 2015 University System of Maryland Board of Regents’ Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring. Scott, who joined the UMBC faculty in 2002, is a nationally recognized scholar in the fields of African American history and the history of music, and highly regarded as a dynamic role model, teacher, and mentor.