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Johnson O. Akinleye is the 12th Chancellor of North Carolina Central University. He served as interim Chancellor from August 2016 until June 2017 after the extended sickness and subsequent untimely death of Dr. Debra Saunders-White, the university's 11th Chancellor. He was formerly appointed and installed as Chancellor of the university on June 26, 2017.

Early life and Education
Johnson O. Akinleye was born 1 of 22 children in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He earned a bachelor's degree in Telecommunications and Masters in Media Technology from Alabama A&M University and his doctorate in Human Communications Studies from Howard University.

Career
Prior to becoming Chancellor Dr. Akinleye served the university as Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, acting/interim chancellor.

He came to NCCU from the University of NC Wilmington (UNCW) where he served as Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Programs and Interim Dean for the College of Health and Human Services.

Dr. Akinleye came to UNCW from Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, FL where worked as the Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Vice President for Administration/Chief Operations Officer.

Dr. Akinleye served for 17 years at Bethune-Cookman in Daytona Beach, FL. While there he held positions as Chair/Associate Professor Department of Mass Communications, Director/Chair, Institutional Self-Study,   Interim Dean, Division of Humanities, Dean School of Arts and Humanities/Tenured Professor/Mass Communication, culminating as Associate Provost/Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Dr. Akinleye begin his career as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communications at Bowie State University, Bowie, MD from 1/1986–6/1989.

Personal Life
He is married to Juanita Akinleye. They have two adult children (Nikki and Peter). Dr. Akinleye is a member of The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., and the Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity (Boule’).