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JoAnn Haysbert

1948–

United States

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JoAnn Haysbert (née Wright) is an American educator and academic administrator currently serving as Chancellor, Executive Vice-President and Provost of Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia. Previously, she served as Langston University's fifteenth and first female president, from 2005 to 2011, making her the first African-American female president of any institution of higher learning in the state of Oklahoma.

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