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Biography

Dr. Michael L. Adams, a Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences distinguished alumni and an experienced higher education administrator, began serving as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost on June 1, 2023. Previously, he served as the Dean of the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences from 2015 to 2023.

A 1996 Doctor of Pharmacy summa cum laude graduate of Campbell, Dr. Adams also earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Medicinal Chemistry, with a focus on Mechanistic Toxicity, from the University of Washington. After completing a post-doctoral fellowship on drug-induced liver disease at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, Dr. Adams returned to Campbell University in 2005 as an assistant professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences. Four years later, he became the Director of Science Education Outreach and was named Assistant Dean for Graduate and Interprofessional Education in 2012. As a faculty member, he was selected by students as Professor of the Year nine consecutive times and was named Distinguished Alumni by the CPHS Alumni Association.

In 2015, Dr. Adams was named Dean of the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, succeeding the founding dean, Dr. Ronald W. Maddox, and was responsible for the oversight and administration of Campbell’s Pharmacy, Physician Assistant, Physical Therapy, Health Sciences, Nursing, Clinical Research, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Public Health programs.

Dr. Adams’ research interests focus on the causes and mechanisms for prevention of drug-induced liver disease with particular attention to xenobiotics that cause liver damage after metabolism. He is also interested in the utilization of drugs of abuse.

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A college professor who had been slammed by his own university for "vile" and "hateful" statements was found dead inside his North Carolina home, less than two weeks before his planned retirement, authorities said Friday.

University of North Carolina Wilmington professor Mike Adams' death was discovered after a friend who hadn't seen or heard from him "in a couple of days" called the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday and asked that deputies check on him, sheriff's Lt. Jerry Brewer told NBC News.

Brewer declined to elaborate on a potential cause of death, but said there was no immediate evidence of foul play. Adams, 55, lived alone.

"It is with sadness that we share the news that the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a death investigation involving Dr. Mike Adams, professor of criminology," the university said in a statement on Thursday. "Please keep his friends and loved ones in your thoughts."

Adams, who taught sociology and criminology, was a lightning rod due to his racist and sexist tweets and other commentary, including about Muslims, gays and efforts to fight the coronavirus.

His long history of comments about women, minorities and others led the university on June 5 to call out his "hateful," "distasteful" and "vile" language. That was followed weeks later, on June 29, by an announcement that Adams had decided to retire Aug. 1.

Among the professor's recent statements was his comparing the efforts of North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper to curb coronavirus to that of a slave master, tweeting on May 29: "This evening I ate pizza and drank beer with six guys at a six seat table top. I almost felt like a free man who was not living in the slave state of North Carolina. Massa Cooper, let my people go!"

Earlier this year, Adams mocked women's studies as "non essential" and labeled civil rights protesters "thugs."

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For other people named Mike Adams, see Mike Adams (disambiguation).

Michael Scott Adams (October 30, 1964 – July 23, 2020) was an American conservative political columnist, writer and professor of criminology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He became known for his outspoken opinions, frequently attracting controversy. When he did not receive a promotion to full professor, he filed a lawsuit against the university and eventually won. After many conflicts with students and national coverage of his controversial social media and blog posts, public pressure to have him removed grew and he was eventually asked to retire. Twenty-one days after reaching a retirement settlement with the university, he was found dead in his home with a gunshot wound to the head.

Early life and education

Adams was born on October 30, 1964, in Columbus, Mississippi, to Joe Dee Adams, Jr. and Julia Marilyn Rester Adams, and raised in Clear Lake City, Texas. He graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1983, and earned an associate degree in psychology from San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas. He then transferred to Mississippi State University, where he was a member of Sigma Chi, to finish his Bachelor of Arts in 1987. He remained at Mississippi State to obtain a Master of Science in psychology under the mentorship of David McMillen in 1989 (they remained close friends despite strong ideological differences), followed by his doctorate in sociology in 1993.

Career

In 1993, the University of North Car

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