February 11 | 4-5 PM ET

Dr. Ralph Proctor
Community College of Allegheny County, Professor Ethnic & Diversity Studies, Academic Advisor
“Black Resistance in Pittsburgh”
Building Our Own Self-Sufficient Communities as a Way of Resisting Racism & The Modern Pittsburgh Civil Rights Movement
EDUCATION
1979 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA PhD, History
1965 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA BS, Psychology
EXPERIENCE
2001 – Present Community College of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA
Professor Ethnic & Diversity Studies Department
Teach a variety of courses in History and Ethnic Studies
2006 – Present Community College of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA
Academic Advisor, Allegheny Campus
Advise students in all matters related to their academic time at CCAC
2006 – 2008 Community College of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA
Vice President & Chief Diversity Officer
Created, designed, taught and implemented college-wide Diversity Program
2001 – 2007 Community College of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA
Chairman Afrikana & Ethnic Studies Department
Department creation, including new courses and degree and certificate
programs; budget submission, faculty supervision, administrative
responsibility, teaching courses
2006 In collaboration with Dr Elmer Haymon, conceived, planned and assisted in the building of the K Leroy Irvis Science Center
2001 – Present The Carnegie, Pittsburgh, PA
Consultant
Consulted on the identification of more than 80,000 photographs of Pittsburgh
Courier photographer Charles “Teenie” Harris; wrote articles about the exhibition;
trained museum Docents; appeared on panels about the exhibition
2000 Lord Cultural Resources, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Provided consultant services related to feasibility study (part 2) for African
American Cultural Facility of Pittsburgh