May 06, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Shawn Bediako, FTG SIPID, for being promoted to Full Professor in the department of psychology at University of Maryland.
He will be the first African American to achieve that rank in the department’s history. Dr. Bediako completed his bachelor’s degree at the University of Central Arkansas and earned a master’s degree in community psychology from Florida A&M University. He earned a second master’s degree and a doctorate in social/health psychology from Stony Brook University in New York. He is a former associate chair of the psychology department.