Diversity: Gita Phelps doles out hope and tough-love
Submitted by Cindy O'Donnell on Mon, 2019-11-04 08:20Dr. Gita Phelps is quick to praise her oldest sister, who broke barriers as the first black valedictorian at Peach County High School in Fort Valley. But when it comes to her own accolades—being the first female and first African-American to get a Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Georgia (UGA)—she simply says, “That’s just normal. That’s in my family that we do our best.”