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Dr. A. James HicksProgram Director
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Dr. A. James Hicks, Program Director, Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP), National Science Foundation (NSF), Washington DC, is well known at the local, state and national levels for his service on numerous committees and advisory boards.
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At the national level, Dr. Hicks has served on several panels of proposal evaluators for the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C; the Directorate for Science and Engineering Education/NSF, Atlanta, GA; the Department of Education/Minority Institutions Science Improvement Program (MISIP), Washington, D.C; the NSF Minority Graduate Fellowship Program, and NSF's Research Apprenticeship for Minority High School Students Program.In 1995, he was a member of the North Carolina delegation to Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, which negotiated a Memorandum of Understanding to allow student and faculty exchanges between North Carolina and Germany.
Dr. Hicks has received numerous honors and awards for his achievements in science and for his efforts in promoting the advancements of underrepresented groups in science, engineering and mathematics.