Cheryl Mango-Ambrose

Editor of Hafram Voice-Bi-Weekly Newletter 

 

Cheryl E. Mango-Ambrose is a native of DeRidder, Louisiana.   Cheryl is a 2009 undergraduate of Grambling State University where she obtained degrees in History and Political Science and a 2012 graduate of Louisiana Tech University where she earned a Masters of Arts degree in History. She is currently pursuing a PhD in History at Morgan State University, with concentrations in African-American, African Diasporan, and Twentieth-Century US History. Her research interests include African-American religion and Historically Black College and University (HBCU) history. Her dissertation is currently in progress and focuses on HBCUs.  She is also an intern at the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, where she works closely with the Journal of Negro Education as the associate editor of the 2014 Compendium of U.S. Government Sponsored Research and Programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.  Cheryl is currently a research assistant in Morgan’s History Department. She also teaches U.S. and African-American History at the Community College of Baltimore County.  Cheryl is a member of numerous student, civic, and professional organizations including the National Council for Black Studies and Morgan State University’s President’s Leadership Circle. She is also one of the founders of Morgan State’s History, African-American and Museum Studies Graduate Council (HAFRAM GC) and serves as editor of the HAFRAM Voice—an organizational online bi-annual newsletter. Cheryl also established and facilitates the Cheryl Eltonete Mango Book Scholarship for Grambling History Majors, which is housed on Grambling’s campus and given annually to two deserving students.  Additionally, she created and facilitates the Cheryl Eltonete Mango-Ambrose HBCU College Admissions Mentorship and Scholarship Program, where she works closely with prospective HBCU students throughout their college admissions process and pays for their admission fees into at least three HBCUs.  In her spare time, Cheryl enjoys watching black college sports and speaking on topics that relate to the African-American experience.