Vivian Pinn taught at Tufts College, founded in Massachusetts in 1852.
 Pinn also previously taught at Harvard University and Tufts University (where she also served as assistant dean of student and minority affairs) in Massachusetts, as well as Howard University College of Medicine (where she also chaired the Department of Pathology) in Washington, D.C. 
 Tufts College was founded in 1852 by Christian Universalists who worked for years to open a nonsectarian institution of higher learning. 
