Karsonya Wise Whitehead Explained

Karsonya "Kaye" Wise Whitehead is an American educator, author, radio host, speaker, and documentary filmmaker who is known as the #blackmommyactivist. She is the founding director of The Karson Institute for Race, Peace, and Social Justice, a Professor of Communication and African and African American Studies at Loyola University Maryland, and the host of Today With Kaye on WEAA.[1] [2] Whitehead is also an Opinion Editorial columnist for the Baltimore Afro-American.[3]

Biography

Whitehead received her B.A. from Lincoln University; her M.A. in International Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame; her graduate degree in Advanced Documentary and Narrative Filmmaking from the New York Film Academy;[4] and her Ph.D. in Language, Literacy, and Culture from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.[5] [6] She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.

Whitehead was a middle school teacher in Baltimore City. She was also a documentary filmmaker with Metro TV, a PBS-affiliate and a senior producer for Music Television Networks (MTV). In 2001, she directed and produced The Twin Towers: A History which was nominated for a New York Emmy Award,[7] her third nomination.

Whitehead had served as the National Secretary for the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH),[8] the National Secretary and as the National President (2020-2023) for the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA).[9]

Awards

In 2020, Whitehead was selected by the Daily Record as one of Maryland's Top 100 Women;[10] by the Baltimore Sun as the Best Radio Host.[11] In 2019, Whitehead received the Collegium Visionary Award from the college of Holy Cross;[12] the Exceptional Merit in Media Award (EMMA) from the National Women's Political Caucus for her work editing and compiling #BlackGirlActivism: Exploring the Ways We Come Though the Storm,[13] a special issue of the Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism journal (Duke University Press); the Baltimore Sun named her as one of Baltimore's 25 "Women to Watch in 2019"; and, Essence magazine included her on the 2019 "Woke 100 List," of "black women advocating for change."[14] [15]

In 2021, Whitehead was named a "Leader in Diversity" by Baltimore Business Journal.[16] In 2016, Whitehead received the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies' "Distinguished Alumni" Award from the University of Notre Dame.[17] [18] In 2014, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Progressive National Baptist Convention. In 2013, she received the Faculty Award for Excellence in Engaged Scholarship from Loyola University Maryland.[19]

In 2021, Kaye received the Edward R. Murrow Regional Award in the inaugural category, Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Region 12); 2021 Chesapeake Associated Press Award for Outstanding Editorial or Commentary; and, was selected by the Baltimore Business Journal to receive the Leaders in Diversity Award.[20] She also received The Amistad Award for her contributions to human rights and social justice from the Amistad Committee.

Writing

Whitehead is a curriculum writer who created and compiled the crowd-sourced Trump Syllabus K12 curriculum: Lesson Plans for Teaching During this New Age of Resistance.[21]

Whitehead is the author of four books including Letters for My Black Sons: Raising Boys in a Post-Racial America[22] and Notes from a Colored Girl: The Civil War Pocket Diaries of Emilie Frances Davis[23] which was reviewed in Journal of American History.[24] A documentary film The Women of Philadelphia was made about the book [25] and it received both the 2015 Darlene Clark Hine Award from the Organization of American Historians[26] and the 2014 Letitia Woods Brown Book Award from the Association of Black Women Historians.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kaye Whitehead - Faculty - Loyola University Maryland. www.loyola.edu. 2019-10-20.
  2. Web site: Today With Dr. Kaye . 2024-02-05 . WEAA . en.
  3. Web site: karsonya wise whitehead Search Results Afro. en-US. 2019-11-07.
  4. https://www.nyfa.edu/g-landing/branding-1a.php?Keyword=new%20york%20film%20academy&Ad=326432615959&Campaign=Branding%20(USA%20Search)%20-%20Branding&gclid=Cj0KCQiA2b7uBRDsARIsAEE9XpFAvBj5MZ0hOXdv9UTWl9sxEmg3jweUr2DdNuvOp2KnoohVWcRUKy8aAg-XEALw_wcB New York Film Academy
  5. Web site: NYFA Grad Releases New Book: 'Notes From a Colored Girl'. Pasquine. About the Author: Frank. 2014-05-28. New York Film Academy Blog. en-US. 2019-11-16.
  6. Web site: Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead. www.amazon.com. 2019-10-20.
  7. Web site: WNBC tops N.Y. Emmy noms. Oei. Lily. 2003-02-18. Variety. en. 2019-11-16.
  8. Web site: ASALH - The Founders of Black History Month Leadership. 2017-05-18. en-US. 2019-11-22.
  9. Web site: NWSA. www.nwsa.org. 2019-11-22.
  10. Web site: The Daily Record honors Loyola faculty member as one of Maryland's Top 100 Women - Newsroom - Loyola University Maryland . 2020-06-24 . www.loyola.edu. 25 March 2020 .
  11. Web site: Winners of The Baltimore Sun's Best 2020 Readers' Choice Contest To Be Announced in May . 2020-06-24 . baltimoresun.com. 6 March 2020 .
  12. Web site: 2016-10-18 . Karsonya "Kaye" Wise Whitehead . 2019-10-20 . Collegium . en.
  13. Web site: EMMAS 2019 . 2019-11-22 . National Women's Political Caucus . en-US.
  14. Web site: staff . Baltimore Sun . The Baltimore Sun's 25 Women to Watch in 2019 . 2019-10-20 . baltimoresun.com. 30 September 2019 .
  15. Web site: The 2019 Woke 100 . 2019-11-22 . Essence . en-US.
  16. Web site: Announcing the winners of the BBJ's 2021 Leaders in Diversity Awards. 2021-06-10. www.bizjournals.com.
  17. Web site: Karsonya (Kaye) - Whitehead - 1993 // Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies // University of Notre Dame. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. en. 2019-11-16.
  18. 2016-02-22 . 2016 Distinguished Alumni Award Presentation featuring Karsonya Wise Whitehead . krocinstitute . . 2021-10-02.
  19. Web site: 2006 State Winners Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. www.gilderlehrman.org. 2019-11-16.
  20. Web site: 2021-05-06 . Baltimore Business Journal honors Loyola faculty member with Leaders in Diversity Award . 2024-02-05 . www.loyola.edu . en.
  21. Web site: Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas: Trump Syllabus K12: Lesson Plans for Teaching During the New Age of Resistance (#TrumpSyllabusK12). Valenzuela. Angela. 2016-12-15. Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas. 2019-11-16.
  22. Web site: Karsonya Wise Whitehead: Letters to My Black Sons The Ivy Bookshop. www.theivybookshop.com. 2019-11-22.
  23. Web site: Notes from a Colored Girl. www.sc.edu. 2019-10-20.
  24. 2015-06-01. Notes from a Colored Girl: The Civil War Pocket Diaries of Emilie Frances Davis. Journal of American History. en. 102. 1. 251–252. 10.1093/jahist/jav182. 0021-8723. Ball. E. L..
  25. Web site: Notes From a Colored Girl: The Civil War Pocket Diaries of Emilee Frances Davis. catto.ushistory.org. 2019-10-21.
  26. Web site: Darlene Clark Hine Award Winners OAH. www.oah.org. 2019-11-07.