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Ronald Mason, Jr.,J.D.

Ronald Mason

Professor

David A. Clarke School of Law

Contact Information
Van Ness Campus

Ronald Mason, Jr., J.D., is a distinguished legal scholar and higher education leader with decades of experience driving systemic change in law, workforce development, and community empowerment. As a Professor of Law and Director of Developing America's Workforce Nucleus at UDC, his research and leadership focus on dismantling structural inequities through legal education, policy innovation, and historical analysis of systemic power dynamics.

Experience

Education

Juris Doctor, Columbia University 
Bachelor of Arts in History, Columbia University 

Roles

Professor of Law, UDC, 2023-Present 
Director, Developing America's Workforce Nucleus, UDC, 2023-Present 
President, UDC, 2015-23 
President, Southern University System, 2010-15 
President, Jackson State University, 2000-10 
Founder and Executive Director, National Center for Urban Community at Tulane and Xavier Universities, 1998-2000 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, 1990-98  
Vice President for Finance and Operations, 1990-98 
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, 1985-90  
Attorney and Corporate Secretary, Tulane University, 1982-85  
Executive Counsel, Southern Cooperative Development Fund, 1977-82 

Expertise

Research Focus / Works in Progress

The system of wealthy white dominion; history of America; history before the Greeks 

Impact

Selected Grants

Anonymous Donor. (2021). Developing America’s workforce nucleus (DAWN).  

Ford, Kellogg, and Kresge Foundations. (2012). Five-fifths agenda for America. 

State of Louisiana. (2013). Honor center for undergraduate student achievement.  

U.S. Department of Education. (2005). Barksdale Institute. 

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. (1996). Tulane and Xavier campus affiliates program. 

Recognitions

Mayes Johnson Award, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Education, 2009 
Educator of the Year, Thurgood Marshall College Fund, 2008 
Alumnus of the Year, Columbia College, Columbia University, 2008 
Martin Luther King Lifetme Achievement Award, Dillard, Loyola, Tulane and Xavier Universities, 2000 
Mayor’s Medal of Honor, City of New Orleans, 1999 
Citizenship Award, Louisiana Bureau of Governmental Research, 1998