Meet Said

Dr. Said Sewell has been recognized as one of the nation's transformative thought leaders in higher education. 

Sewell, a native of Houston, Texas, entered Morehouse College in 1988 at the age of 16 and graduated in 1992 with a B.A. in political science. His formal training also includes a Master of Public Administration in Public Policy from Texas Southern University and a Ph. D. from Clark Atlanta University (CAU) in Political Science.  Sewell’s fellowships include: Senior Fellow at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), The University System of Georgia Executive Fellow to Columbus State University, Harvard University Fellow at the Schools of Graduate Education, Divinity, and Kennedy School of Government, Visiting Faculty Fellow at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln’s Department of Political Science, and Research Fellow at the James (Jimmy) Earl Carter Presidential Library’s Interfaith Health Program.  

While he has co-authored three books, Georgia State Politics, Conflicting Democracy: A Critical Analysis of America’s Political Process, and We the People: Reflections on American Politics, he is currently completing work on two books: Empowering Black Males Students to Greatness and Let Us Make Man: A Conversation with Black Men on Saving Black Boys.  He has delivered over 50 presentations at conferences and professional meetings nationwide.  Sewell and his work have been featured on CNN, Larry King Live, and TV-One along with appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Diverse Issues, Black Enterprise, and Ebony Magazine. 

Because of his work as a scholar and an exceptional professor, he has been honored with his own day in Madison County (Georgia), Fulton County (Georgia), the City of Stone Mountain (Georgia), and Atlanta (Georgia), as well as  numerous awards:  The University of System of Georgia’s African-American Male Initiative Best Practices Leadership Award, The Doris Harris Humanitarian Award from the Tau Epsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., The Visionary Award from the Follow Me Foundation, Inc., The Eta Tau Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.’s Leadership Award, The National Conference of Black Political Scientists’ Teacher of the Year Award, The University of West Georgia’s Student Government Association’s Jim Mathis Outstanding Faculty Member, and the American Political Science Association and the Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society’s Outstanding Teaching Award in Political Science, and in the Southern Region for the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.’ s Brother of the Year, to name a few.  In addition, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education named him as its—Top 12 Emerging Scholar in America, and Georgia Trend Magazine acknowledged him as its —Top 40 under 40: Georgia’s Best and Brightest.