Who is your professor this semester?

Eddie Yancey, known as Dr. Y, brings over 25 years of experience in higher education.

He holds two earned doctorates: one in Africana Studies and a second one in Interdisciplinary Studies and the Humanities, focusing on Women & Gender Studies, both from Clark Atlanta University. Additionally, he holds a Master of Divinity in Philosophy of World Religions from Morehouse School of Religion, a Graduate Certification in Linguistics/English as a Second Language from the University of Memphis, and a Bachelor's degree in Social Science/Sociology. 

Dr. Yancey specializes in teaching Africana Women's Studies, Philosophy, Logic, Ethnic Studies, American History, Africana Studies & History, World Religions, English Composition, Public Speaking, World Cultural Studies, Mythology, Methods in Science, Social Sciences, Arts, Music, Literature, and the Origins of Western Civilization.

He has taught at various institutions, including Morehouse College, Clark Atlanta University, Morris Brown College, the University of Memphis, Allen University, Strayer University, the University of Phoenix, American Intercontinental University, Georgia State University/Perimeter, and Southwest Tennessee Community College.

In addition to his teaching career, Dr. Yancey is an enthusiastic student of the law and has served as an extern for the City of Memphis District Attorney's Office. He aspires to attend law school in the near future.