Vice President of Student Success at Lone Star College-Kingwood

We welcome you to come hear our guest speaker, Dr. Darrin Rankin, Vice President of Student Success at Lone Star College, Kingwood Campus.  He is a noted academician, published scholar, researcher and administrator in the field of higher education.

He has presented internationally in places like South Africa and Europe regarding his passion for student engagement and the experience of the African American male. In the summer of 2014, Rankin took the podium again when he visited Guangxi Normal University in Guilin, China, to speak on behalf of the National Association of African American Studies and Affiliates (NAAAS) about “The 21st Century African American Male in Higher Education.”

"I want to save other students like myself. I'm a first generation college student. I want to work with young people in the community and help them make informed choices." said Dr. Rankin.

Prior to joining LSC-Kingwood in 2010, Dr. Rankin had already earned a national reputation of being a leader in education. With more than two decades of higher education experience and a tremendous heart for students, Rankin’s passion translates into a philosophy of being student centered and quality driven and is complimented by his academic research and writing that focuses on matters of student success.
He frequently speaks to students about the importance of empowerment and education and has presented internationally in places like South Africa and Europe regarding student engagement and the experience of African American males.

Dr. Rankin attended Delgado Community College. He completed a Jesuit education, earning with honors, a Bachelor of Arts degree from Loyola University in New Orleans, and a Master of Science degree in Higher Education Administration with an emphasis in Student Services from Syracuse University, and finally, a Ph.D. degree in Higher Education Administration from the Historically Black Research University, Jackson State University. He also studied in 2006, at The Abby in Pontlevoy, France and Dr. Rankin is a 2001 alumni of the distinguished Harvard University IEM program, where he was a Bush Hewlett Fellow.

Please click here to read a Houston Chronicle article about his work.