Brenda A. Allen

Brenda A. Allen masaniyar ilimin halayyar dan adam ce na Amurka, malama, kuma mai gudanar da ilimi wadda ta yi aiki a matsayin shugaban 14 na Pennsylvania)Jami'ar Lincoln, jami'ar baƙar fata ta tarihi a Oxford, Pennsylvania, tun watan Yulin 2017. Ita ce mace ta biyu da ta zama shugabar Jami'ar Lincoln bayan Niara Sudarkasa . Allen ya ba da fifiko ga ƙarfafa ingancin ilimi na Lincoln da kayan aikin harabar. name=":0">

 Ilimi da aiki 
An haife ta a Newark, New Jersey,  Allen ta sauke karatu daga Jami'ar Lincoln (BA 1981) da Jami'ar Howard (MS 1984, PhD 1988) tare da digiri uku a cikin ilimin halayyar mutum da haɓakawa kuma ya gudanar da alƙawarin postdoctoral a Jami'ar Yale, inda ta koyar da azuzuwan kuma ta yi bincike game da hulɗar tsakanin kabilanci da nasarar ɗalibai na Afirka. 

Bayan shekaru uku a Yale, Allen ta je ya sami aiki kuma ya shugabantar sashen Nazarin Amurkawa na Afirka a Kwalejin Smith kafin ya zama abokin tarayya kuma darektan bambancin cibiyoyi a Jami'ar Brown daga 2003 zuwa 2009 da provost kuma mataimakin shugabar harkokin ilimi a Jami'ar Jihar Winston-Salem daga 2009 zuwa 2017. A Winston-Salem, ta kafa shirye-shiryen digiri na farko na jami'a, ta ƙarfafa riƙe ɗalibai da kammala karatun, kuma ta taimaka wajen tara dala miliyan 10 a cikin gudummawa.  name=":0">"Brenda A. Allen, PhD - Featured Psychologist". American Psychological Association. February 2018. Retrieved 2022-08-28.

 Shugabancin Jami'ar Lincoln 
An kira Allen a matsayin shugaban jami'ar Lincoln na 14 a watan Mayu 2017, ya hau mulki a ranar 1 ga Yuli, kuma an kaddamar da shi a wani bikin a harabar jami'ar Chester County a ranar 20 ga Oktoba na wannan shekarar. Ya zuwa 2020, ta inganta yawan riƙewa, kusan ninka yawan masu ba da gudummawa, kuma ta kara yawan tsofaffi da ke ba da gudana da kashi 34%. Ta yi kamfen don inganta fasahar Lincoln, ayyukan tallafin dalibai, da kuma dakunan zama. name=":1"> A watan Disamba na 2020, biliyan MacKenzie Scott ya ba da gudummawar dala miliyan 20 ga Lincoln (kyauta mafi girma a tarihin jami'ar), kuma mai tsaron Brooklyn Nets Kyrie Irving ya biya kuɗin karatun tsofaffi tara.

A ranar 10 ga Yuli, 2020, a cikin wani taron sirri na sirri wanda wasu mambobin kwamitin ba za su iya halarta ba saboda matsalolin fasaha ko na kuɗi, kwamitin amintattu na Lincoln ya ƙi sabunta kwangilar Allen. Amintattun ba su yi wani bayani ba ga shugaban kasa ko kuma jama'a.  A cewar The Philadelphia Inquirer, "Kuri'ar ta jawo fushi daga masu sauraron 250-mutane a kan kiran da ke kusa da Zoom, da kuma mafi girma al'umma, wanda da yawa daga cikinsu sun haɗu a bayan Allen, wani dalibi Lincoln wanda ya zama shugaban makarantar 14th a 2017."  Allen ya kai kara saboda keta kwangila da keta dokokin Pennsylvania na hasken rana da kuma dokokin jami'a, wanda ya ba da umarnin kada kuri'ar jama'a. Babban Lauyan Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro da Gwamna Tom Wolf sun goyi bayan shugaban kasar sannan kuma sun shigar da kara a gaban hukumar.    Kungiyar daliban gwamnatin Lincoln da tsofaffin dalibai da dama sun yi gangamin goyon bayanta, inda suka gabatar da takardar koke da ta samu sa hannun sama da 14,500 tun ma kafin a kore ta.   A ranar 24 ga Yuli, alkalin gundumar Chester William P. Mahon ya ba da umarnin a maido da Allen.   A ranar 6 ga watan Agusta ne dai kwamitin amintattu ya kada kuri’ar amincewa da sabuwar yarjejeniya da Allen, kuma a ranar 19 ga watan Satumba, kwamitin amintattu ya kada kuri’ar amincewa da sabuwar kwangilar da za ta ba ta wani wa’adin shekaru biyar a matsayin shugabar kasa.   

A watan Oktoba 2020, The Philadelphia Tribune ya kira ta daya daga cikin manyan shugabannin Afirka na Philadelphia.  A watan Janairun 2021, Asusun Yakin HBCU ya ayyana ta a matsayin daya daga cikin shugabannin HBCU goma "mafi rinjaye" na shekara.Hill, Chanel (2021-01-16). "Lincoln University president discusses recent accomplishments, plans for the future". The Philadelphia Tribune. Retrieved 2022-08-28.

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