Carl Cunningham, Jr. PhD.: Mobile’s Kappa League
Carl Cunningham is a Mobile native and graduated from Murphy High School. He received his Masters in Geography and a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. He is a member of Christ Church Cathedral in Mobile where is a member of their Renovation Team.
For twelve years Dr. Cunningham served as an Adjunct Professor of Geography as well as Director of Multi-cultural Student Affairs at the University of South Alabama. He has served as the Director of TRIO Student Support Services for Coastal Alabama Community College for the past nine years.
Carl is very active in our community and serves on the boards of Big Brothers/Big Sisters, the Murphy High School Alumni Association and Camp Beckwith. He is the current president of Mobile’s Jackson State University Alumni Chapter as well as the national president of that university’s Sonic Boom Alumni Association.
He is also a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity where he has served as the Guide right/Mobile Kappa League Director for the past 16 years. Carl has mentored more than 300 young men in his role at the Kappa League and is the author of a book entitled A Kut Above: Results of Positive Male Mentoring