Mr. Novelle Dickenson

Novelle Dickenson is a graduate of Hampton University and Howard University. His area is political science with concentration in American Government and Politics, Politic Administration, Comparative Politics and Politics of Development.

Dickenson serves as Assistant Professor of Political Science, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs of the School of Liberal Arts and Education, and Faculty Athletic Representative at Hampton. Over the past four decades, Dickenson has also served as Chair of the Department of Political Science and History, Interim Chair of the Department of Sociology, Interim Chair of the Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Pre-Law Advisor, Faculty Representative to the Hampton University Board of Trustees, member of the Tenure and Promotions Committee in the School of Liberal Arts and Education, and Faculty Athletics Representative.

Dickens is the recipient of the Christian R. and Mary Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching.

In addition, Dicken once served as President of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), and he is a former member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Academic/Eligibility and Compliance Cabinet, including the Sub-committee on Continuing Eligibility.

His long history of community involvement includes: Past First Vice President of the Hampton branch of the NAACP; current member of town and Gown Committee (Hampton, Va.); and president of the Delta Beta Lambda Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.