Dr. Tony Atwater

President

2 Years of Active Service ~ 2011-2013

Tony Atwater, Ph.D., the fifth president of Norfolk State University, previously served as president and chief executive officer at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Atwater became a tenured professor in the Department of Mass Communications and Journalism at NSU after his presidency. Atwater holds a Ph.D. in communication research from Michigan State University in 1983, where he was the recipient of a competitive doctoral fellowship. He completed post-doctoral studies in the Department of Communication at the University of Michigan in 1989. He also earned a bachelor’s degree in mass media arts from Hampton University in 1973. Additionally, he holds three graduate certificates in higher education administration from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.