Background
Russell, Hazel M. Hawkins was born in 1924 in Cedar Lake, Texas, United States. Daughter of Nelse and Evelyn (Gee) Russell.
Russell, Hazel M. Hawkins was born in 1924 in Cedar Lake, Texas, United States. Daughter of Nelse and Evelyn (Gee) Russell.
Bachelor, Prairie View State College, 1944. Master of Arts, Redlands University, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, United States International University, 1974.
Elementary teacher, Lubbock, Texas, 1944—1946. Lem. teacher Riverside School, California, 1947—1969. Consultant pupil service Riverside School District, 1970—1974, administrator, 1975—1982.
Assistant professor California State University-Fullerton, since 1982. Lecturer California State University, San Bernardino, 1974—1981. Adjunct faculty University California, Riverside, 1974—1980, Redlands University, 1983—1984, consultant.
Board directors Riverside County Mental Health Association, since 1984. Active Attorney General's Committee on Race, Ethnicity and Minorities and Religious Violence, since 1984. Education chair National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, since 1980.
Member of American Association of University Professors, American Association of University Women (Ida L. Jackson graduate achievement award 1985), National Education Association, Association California Intergroup Relation Educators (president 1979), California Faculty Association, California Faculty Association, Association California School Administrator, Delta Kappa Gamma, Alpha Kappa Alpha (vice president, Community Service award 1984).
Married James Russell, June 19, 1946. Children: Beverly Ann, Vicki Rochelle.