Makeba Parramore Wilbourn named Advisor of the Year

Makeba Parramore Wilbourn, Associate Professor of the Practice of Psychology and Neuroscience, has received Duke's Advisor of the Year Award.

Academic Advising at Duke has upwards of 300 volunteer advisors working with first and second year students. Each year, based on feedback provided by students’ major declaration survey, advisees share their experiences working with advisors. Based on the student survey feedback two Advisors of the Year are selected: one faculty member and one staff member. The award announcement was made at the 2021 advising convocation.

“Thank you for this incredible honor!" Wilbourn shared. "I’m overwhelmed, humbled, and speechless." Read more here.