Bernadette Marie-Teresa Ross

Background

Ross, Bernadette Marie-Teresa was born on September 23, 1948 in New Orleans. Daughter of Arnold and Doris Learson.

Education

Master of Library Science, University of Southern California, 1975.

Career

Instructor Southern University, New Orleans, 1972-1974. Library South Carolina State Attorney General Office, Columbia, 1975. Head outreach services Forsyth County Public Library.

Systems, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1975-1977. Head library Reid Ross Senior High School, Fayetteville, 1977-1985. Reference library Fayetteville State University, since 1989.

Head library Terry Sanford Senior High School, Fayetteville, since 1985, co-chair school renewal process, since 1992. Coordinator student forum on school violence, since 1992. Presenter Fayetteville State University Educational Forum, 1999.

District representative Cumberland County Schools Media Advisory Committee, since 1997. Consultant in field; member Superintendent's Roundtable, 1998. Participant North Carolina State Library.

Leadership Youth Services Project, 1999-1900. Coordinator Black Pearls: African American Films in Transition, 2000.

Achievements

• Bernadette Marie-Teresa Ross has been listed as a noteworthy Librarian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Secretary Cumberland County Friends of the Library., Fayetteville, 1984-1986, president, 1986-1988. Advisory board arts council Umoja Cultural Arts Festival, Fayetteville, 1989. Creater, organizer First Charles Chesnutt Film Festival, 1991.

Member American Library Association, North Carolina Library. Association, North Carolina High School Library. Association (s.e. district director 1981-1982), North Carolina Education Association, North Carolina Center for Advancement of Teaching, Cumberland County Education Association, National Council Negro Women (charter member Fayetteville chapter), Phi Alpha Theta, Delta Sigma Theta.

Connections

Father:

Arnold Learson

Mother:

Doris Learson