The Honorable Dr. Lillie J. Edwards is an award-winning professor emerita of Drew University and the former chair of the History department. She has decades-long career as a scholar and teacher of African-American and US history and is known for a lecture style that inspires invigorating conversation and dialogue. Dr. Edwards has mentored and nurtured thousands of undergraduates and graduate students to achieve personal and career success. Believing that K-12 teachers are educational partners, she has served has as a consultant for the development of K-12 history curriculum and teacher training. Dr. Edwards combines intellectual and scholarly knowledge with a profound personal commitment to elevating ways we should value each other as human beings.