# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ayanna-howard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:13:31.829Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ayanna-howard"
name: "Ayanna Howard"
slug: "ayanna-howard"
description: "Ayanna MacCalla Howard is an American roboticist, entrepreneur, and educator who will begin serving as the President of Spelman College on August 1, 2026, succeeding Interim President and Chair Emerita Rosalind \"Roz\" Brewer. She previously served as the dean of the College of Engineering at Ohio State University from March 2021 to July 2026. Howard became the first woman to lead the Ohio State College of Engineering."
tagline: "American roboticist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ayanna_M._Howard_-_SnoMote.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1972-01-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.89
  momentum:             10
  historical:           10.52633466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "أيانا هوارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ayanna Howard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayanna_Howard"
    title: "Ayanna Howard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayanna_Howard"
    title: "Ayanna Howard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayanna_Howard"
    title: "Ayanna Howard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayanna_Howard"
    title: "Ayanna Howard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayanna_Howard"
    title: "Ayanna Howard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90_%E1%83%B0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%93%E1%83%98"
    title: "აიანა ჰოვარდი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayanna_Howard"
    title: "Ayanna Howard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_%D0%90%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Ховард, Аянна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Аянна Говард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump