Abigail S. Newsome, a native of Itta Bena, Miss., attended Leflore County High School. After her graduation, she studied biology at Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) and later attended the University of Southern Mississippi where she obtained her Doctorate of Philosophy in Biology with a concentration in Molecular Biology. She then began her professional tenure at Mississippi Valley State University in August of 1997 where she began teaching Biology and Microbiology in the Department of Natural Sciences and Environmental Health. During this time, she worked closely with the MVSU Football Team serving as Film/Video Coordinator.
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Dr. Newsome has also served as a visiting professor of biology at the University of the Virgin Islands in St. Thomas, USVI as well as engaged in various collaborations and partnerships at universities across the country and abroad. Dr. Newsome presently serves as Mississippi Valley State University’s Faculty Athletics Representative. Her academic position at MVSU is the Director of Bioinformatics where her efforts are focused on graduate education and research in genomics. Dr. Newsome and her husband, Dr. Albert L. Love, have 3 adult children and 2 grandsons.
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