Eley Appointed as Interim Dean of AAMU College of Education, Humanities, and Behavioral Sciences

Alabama A&M University announces the appointment of Peter Eley, Pd.D. as interim dean of the College of Education, Humanities, and Behavioral Sciences. Currently serving as the NASA Liaison for Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) through the NASA Office of STEM (OSTEM) and Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP), Dr. Eley has over 20 years of experience in education.

Eley uses equity, school policy, and technology to motivate mathematical understanding and inform his strategic decision-making processes. A practitioner and leader in K-12 & higher education, he is currently on special assignment as the NASA Liaison for Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) through the NASA Office of STEM (OSTEM) and Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Marshall Flight & Stennis

Space Center. His work supported the OSTEM division with an assignment to MUREP. Furthermore, his work builds relationships among Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) and addresses the issues of career pipeline in developing future STEM learners.

A Faculty Administrative Fellow at Fayetteville State University and the University of North Carolina System from 2018-2019, Eley was recognized and awarded the UNC Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award Medallion in 2020. His record has been acknowledged with other awards and accolades, including Middle Grades, Secondary and Specialized Subjects Professor of the Year, and Fayetteville State University’s College of Education Professor of the Year 2014. The Wynton H. Hadley Teaching Award honoree in 2014, he was also selected as a Senior Research Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute for College and Career Readiness (MICCR), Mass Inc’s Gateway Cities Innovation Institute (GCII), and the Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy.

He is currently a professor in the Fayetteville State University College of Education where he has also served as the associate dean. Dr. Eley holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Elizabeth City State Univer- sity, a Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics and Mathematics Education from North Carolina State University, and a Ph.D. in Mathematics Education.