Heanon Wilkins graduated with his bachelor’s degree from Howard University before obtaining both his master’s and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Wilkins’s career at Miami University spanned from 1968 to 1992, during which he served in a variety of roles, including a professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese (1968-1992), Director of the Educational Opportunity Office (1969-1971), and Director of the Black World Studies Program (1987-1990). He was Miami’s first Black full-time faculty member. The Heanon Wilkins Faculty Fellows program has continued to provide scholars with mentorship and career development to prepare them for a career in higher education.