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Black Woman Named Marijuana Pepsi Obtains her PhD

thenorthstar
Jun 23, 2019
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Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck has never been ashamed of her unique name and now she’s earned her doctorate inspired by it. The 46-year-old has made headlines around the country after getting her PhD in higher education leadership at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee. Her dissertation topic was more than fitting: “Black names in white classrooms: Teache…

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