About Us

The Research Association of Minority Professors (RAMP) is an educational and scientific research organization founded in 1975 by Dr. Frank T. Hawkins from the Department of Mathematics at Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas.  This Association was organized with four major objectives:

RAMP Race Relations and Social Justice Statement

The brutal killing of George Floyd revealed to the world the ever-growing list of individuals including Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Sandra Bland, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice and Trayvon Martin whose lives were unjustly cut short by police brutality and the systemic racism that plagues our country. The Research Association of Minority Professors (RAMP) stands in solidarity with those who recognize the time is now to combat racism and injustice through policing reform, educational equity and economic empowerment. We must not be silent. We must use our research and collective wisdom to support the tenets of truth. We must work together to bring about change and make certain that Black Lives Matter.

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RAMP History

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Tribute to Our Founder, Dr. Frank T. Hawkins

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Past Presidents

Years

2019-2021

​2017-2019

​2015-2017

2013-2015

2011-2013

2007-2011

2006-2007

2006

2004-2006

2002-2004

1997-2002

1995-1997

1993-1995

1991-1993

1987-1991

1985-1987

1983-1985

1981-1983

President

Dr. Paula Montgomery

​Dr. Pamela Freeman

​Dr. Clara Young-White

Dr. Paula Montgomery

Dr. William A. Person

Dr. Rondell E. Bailey

Dr. Marilyn Irving

Dr. Be Stoney

Dr. Irvine Epps

Dr. Wanda Ward

Dr. Jeffrey Guidry

Dr. David Chretien

Dr. Delindus Brown

Dr. Bennie Adams

Dr. Marilyn Iriving

Dr. Mary S. Hawkins

Dr. Tommie Hill-Natter

Dr. Lemuel Berry

Institution

University of Louisiana-Lafayette (Lafayette, LA)

​Prairie View A&M University (Prairie View, TX)

​Tennessee State University (Nashville, TN)

University of Louisiana-Lafayette (Lafayette, LA)

Alabama State University (Montgomery, AL)

Harris Health System (Houston, TX)

Howard University (Washington, DC)

Kansas State University (Kansas City, MO)

Texas Southern University (Houston, TX)

Innovative Education Concepts (Boston, MA)

Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)

University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Lafayette, LA)

St. Augustine's College (Raleigh, NC)

University of Missouri (St. Louis, MO)

University of Wisconsin (Whitewater, WI)

Prairie View A&M University (Prairie View, TX)

Prairie View A&M University (Prairie View, TX)

Langston University (Langston, OK)