Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Marcia Sturdivant Marcia Sturdivant
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Other authors / contributors: | Sturdivant, Marcia M., 1956- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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Sound characteristics: | digital
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Digital file characteristics: | video file
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Notes: | Videographer, Scott Stearns. Larry Crowe, interviewer. Recorded Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2014 June 8. Vendor-supplied metadata.
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Summary: | Educator and nonprofit executive Marcia M. Sturdivant was born in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. She received her B.A. degree in psychology and behavioral sciences from Point Park University in 1978 and her M.A. degree in criminal justice from the University of Detroit in 1980. She later earned her Ph.D. degree in educational and developmental psychology from the University of Pittsburgh. From 1987 to 1990, Sturdivant served as director of early education programs at the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh. In 1998, she was appointed deputy director of the Allegheny County Department of Human Services and administrator of the Office of Children, Youth and Families. Sturdivant was named president and chief executive officer of the Negro Educational Emergency Drive (NEED) in 2013. She also served as an assistant professor at Point Park University and an adjunct faculty member in the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Pittsburgh.
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