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10 Facts About Raymond Winbush

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Raymond Winbush is currently Research Professor and Director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.

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At the request of his elementary school art teacher, Raymond Winbush was tested and scored high on the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test.

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At twelve years old, Raymond Winbush realized differences between his educational experiences and those of his brothers.

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In 1970, Raymond Winbush graduated with honors and received his BA in psychology from Oakwood and later served the college as professor and chair of Behavioral Sciences from 1973 until 1977.

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Raymond Winbush earned his MA and PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Chicago.

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Raymond Winbush's thesis, "A Quantitative Exploration into Proxemic Behavior," was a study of the cross-cultural differences of spacing behavior in public.

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Between 1975 and 2001, Raymond Winbush's research established numerous projects to raise awareness of America's race relations and their impact upon the lives of Black people.

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Raymond Winbush received grants to further his work from the National Science Foundation, the Cleveland Foundation, Job Training Partnership Act of 1982, West African Research Association, Pitney Bowes, Inc.

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From 1995 until 2002, Raymond Winbush was the Benjamin Hooks Professor of Social Sciences and director of the Race Relations Institute at Fisk University in Nashville, TN.

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Raymond Winbush appeared as race relations expert on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2005.