Melva K. Wallace (née Turner) is an American academic administrator specialized in emotional intelligence development.
[1] Her dissertation was titled, How African American Students from Rural Communities Choose College.
Wallace was a professor and associate dean at Centenary College of Louisiana.
[1] She worked at the Southern University System as an assistant vice president for academic and student affairs.
[3] In 2022, Wallace was the vice chancellor for student affairs and enrollment management at Southern University at Shreveport.