Fred A. Bonner II

Fred Bonner II is Professor and Endowed Chair in Educational Leadership and Counseling, and Executive Director and Chief Scientist of the MACH-III Center at Prairie View A&M University. Dr. Bonner is formerly the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair in Education in the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University and an esteemed expert in the field of diversity in education. Prior to joining Rutgers, he was Professor of Higher Education Administration and Associate Dean of Faculties at Texas A&M University-College Station. He earned a B.A. in chemistry from the University of North Texas, M.S. Ed. in curriculum and instruction from Baylor University, and Ed.D. in higher education administration & college teaching from the University of Arkansas.

Dr. Bonner has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the American Association for Higher Education Black Caucus Dissertation Award and the Educational Leadership, Counseling and Foundation's Dissertation of the Year Award from the University Of Arkansas College of Education. His work has been featured nationally and internationally. He is the author of several books, including Building on Resilience: Models and Frameworks of Black Male Success Across the P-20 Pipeline (Routledge, 2014), as well as the recently released Square Pegs and Round Holes: Alternative Approaches to Diverse College Student Development Theory (Stylus Publishing, 2021). In 2000, Dr. Bonner was named Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) Regents Professor.