Belinda C. Anderson

Anderson was born June 21, 1954, in Roanoke, Virginia.^[1] She graduated from Germantown High School.^[2] She earned a B.S. in history and social science and a master's degree in history from Radford University.^[1] Anderson completed an Ed.D. in community college education from Virginia Tech.^[3][4] Her 1986 dissertation was titled, A descriptive analysis of differentiated patterns of decision-making in choice of educational major.^[4] Anderson's doctoral advisors were Don G. Creamer and Lawrence H. Cross.^[4]

Anderson was a social studies teacher in Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia.^[3] She worked as the director of academic advising services at Radford University.^[3] Anderson served as a dean and professor in the school of general and continuing education at Norfolk State University (NSU).^[3] She was later the associate director for student affairs and the senior academic affairs for the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.^[3] In November 2002, Anderson, the vice president of academic affairs at Virginia Union University (VUU), and 15 other employees were laid off.^[5] In 2003, she returned to VUU as its interim president following the resignation of Bernard W. Franklin.^[3][6] She was inaugurated as the 11th president on April 15, 2005.^[1] She is the first female VUU president.^[1] Anderson served as president until 2008 when she was succeeded by Claude G. Perkins.^[7] In 2012, Anderson returned to NSU as its dean of the college of liberal arts.^[8] In 2018, she was a professor of history and interdisciplinary studies at NSU.^[9]