Cecilia Ragland Benninger

Dr. Cecilia Ragland Benninger is an academic assistant dean at Maryville University of Saint Louis and a journalism and English composition instructor. Her dissertation manuscript, Ready or Not: Examining College Readiness Among Black First-Year College Students, will be published in Howard University’s Journal of Negro Education. She is a passionate academic, a lover of books and reading, and a college football fan – go Wolfpack!

Education

• Ed.D., Maryville University
• M.A., University of Arizona
• B.S., North Carolina State University