M . A . ▁in ▁Communic ation ) ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Pennsylvania . ▁ ▁She ▁completed ▁doctor al ▁research ▁on ▁communication ▁techn ologies ▁and ▁development ▁in ▁Africa ▁as ▁a ▁National ▁Security ▁Education ▁Program ▁David ▁L . ▁Bor en ▁Gr adu ate ▁Fellow ▁and ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁teach ▁in ▁the ▁Communic ation , ▁Culture ▁and ▁Technology ▁Program ▁at ▁Ge or get own ▁University ▁before ▁joining ▁the ▁Foreign ▁Service . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : American ▁women ▁amb ass adors ▁Category : Am b ass adors ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁to ▁Ch ad ▁Category : Univers ity ▁of ▁Pennsylvania ▁al umn i ▁Category : Ge or get own ▁University ▁fac ulty ▁Category : Year ▁of ▁birth ▁missing ▁( l iving ▁people ) ▁Category : Place ▁of ▁birth ▁missing ▁( l iving ▁people ) ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : 2 1 st - century ▁American ▁diplom ats <0x0A> </s> ▁Benjamin ▁F . ▁Pay ton ▁( Dec ember ▁ 2 7 , ▁ 1 9 3 2 ▁- ▁September ▁ 2 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 6 ) ▁was ▁an ▁African - American ▁academic ▁administrator . ▁He ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁president ▁of ▁two ▁histor ically ▁black ▁univers ities : ▁Bened ict ▁College ▁in ▁Columbia , ▁South ▁Carolina ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁to ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁and ▁T usk eg ee ▁University ▁in ▁T usk eg ee , ▁Alabama ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁to ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Pay ton ▁was ▁born ▁on