Office of Academic Affairs Staff
Sarah Williams, Ph.D.
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Hiram Powell, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs/Professor, School of Arts and Humanities
Dr. Powell is an alumnus of Bethune-Cookman University with the Bachelor of Science, the Master of Fine Arts from the University of Florida, and the Ph.D. from Florida State University. Dr. Powell is certified in both Computers/Electronic Music and Music Management. Throughout his career and training, he has been consistently appointed or elected to top leadership positions, including, but not limited to, Board and Executive Committee Chair of the International Artist Community, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Vice President for Arts for a Complete Education/Florida Alliance for Arts Education (ACE/FAAE), President and Vice President of the Florida State Music Theory Society, and State Advisor for Florida Collegiate Music Educators National Conference, where he served an unprecedented three terms. Dr. Powell’s innovation and determination have resulted in founding Bethune-Cookman University’s much celebrated Jazz Combo and its cutting edge music technology program that includes a state of the arts professional recording studio. Dr. Powell joined the Bethune-Cookman University faculty in 1980; he served twelve years as Head of the Music Department.
