Adriel A. Hilton is director of
Programs, Transition, and Youth
Success Planning, a managerial
appointment in the Washington State
Department of Children, Youth, and
Families of Washington Management
Service. He recently served as
vice-chancellor for student affairs
and enrollment management and an
associate professor of education at
Southern University at New Orleans.
Prior to this role, Adriel was dean of
students and diversity officer at
Seton Hill University in Greensburg,
Pa., where he provided strategic
leadership and direction to the office
of Housing and Residential Life,
Community Standards, First Year &
Transition Programs, Diversity &
Inclusion, and International Student
Services. Subsequent positions include
director of the Webster University
Myrtle Beach Metropolitan Extended
Campus; chief of staff and executive
assistant to the president at
Grambling State University; assistant
professor and director of the Higher
Education Student Affairs program at
Western Carolina University; and
inaugural assistant vice president for
inclusion initiatives at Grand Valley
State University. Hilton honed his
expertise in higher education
administration and teaching at Upper
Iowa University (UIU) as executive
assistant to the president and
assistant secretary to the board of
trustees, and adjunct faculty member
at both UIU and the University of
Northern Iowa. He was later to be
appointed UIU’s very first chief
diversity officer. An avid scholar,
Hilton has been a Frederick Douglass
Teaching Scholar at Clarion University
of Pennsylvania, where he taught and
developed academic programs within the
Office of the Provost. He also served
as the first public policy fellow at
the Greater Baltimore Committee, a
leading regional organization
comprised of civic and business
leaders in Baltimore, Md. While there,
Adriel worked closely with advisors to
research, develop, and advocate a
public policy agenda to advance the
organization’s work in regional areas
of concern including access to health
care. Hilton is a prolific author and
researcher. His research is published
in a host of refereed journals, such
as the *Teachers College Record*,
J*ournal of College Student
Development*, *Community College
Review*, *Community College Journal of
Research and Practice*, *Journal of
Applied Research in the Community
College*, and the *Journal of the
Professoriate*. His numerous service
commitments include membership on the
editorial boards of the renowned
*Journal of Negro Education* and the
highly acclaimed *College Student
Affairs Journal*. Dr. Hilton holds a
Bachelor of Arts degree in business
administration, with a concentration
in finance from Morehouse College,
Atlanta, Ga.; a Master of Applied
Social Science degree, with a
concentration in public administration
from Florida A&M University,
Tallahassee, Fa.; a Master of Business
Administration degree from Webster
University, Saint Louis, Mo.; and, a
PhD in higher education, with a
concentration in administration, from
Morgan State University, Baltimore,
Md.