Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting Explained

Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting
Nationality:American
Occupation:Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of French in the Department of French and Italian at the Vanderbilt University College of Arts and ScienceAssociate Provost for Academic Advancement
Known For:Feminist scholar

Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting is a feminist scholar and Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of French in the Department of French and Italian at Vanderbilt University[1] where she serves as Vice Provost of Arts and Libraries[2] as well as Director of the Callie House Research Center for the Study of Global Black Cultures and Politics. She served as Associate Provost for Academic Advancement from October 2021-June 2022. She was also the Chair of African American and Diaspora Studies until August 2022. She is editor of The Speech: Race and Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union", and editor of the academic journal Palimpsest: A Journal on Women, Gender, and the Black International.[3] She is also series co-editor of "Philosophy and Race" (SUNY Press) with philosopher Robert Bernasconi.

Biography

Sharpley-Whiting received the PhD in French Studies from Brown in 1994.

She served as Director of the William T. Bandy Center for Baudelaire and Modern French Studies from 2006-2012.[4]

In September 2007, Sharpley-Whiting testified before Congress at the hearing, From Imus to Industry: The Business of Stereotypes and Degrading Images.[5] She served on the Executive Council of the Modern Language Association from 2014-2018. She also served as chair/president of the Executive Advisory Committee for the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages and Literatures. Sharpley-Whiting is a former Camargo Foundation Fellow (Cassis, France);[6] a George and Eliza Howard Foundation Fellow;[7] and a Rockefeller Foundation Fellow at the Bellagio Study Center (Bellagio, Italy).[8]

Awards and honors

In 2020, Sharpley-Whiting won the SEC (SouthEastern Conference) Faculty Achievement Award for Vanderbilt University for her research and teaching.[9] Sharpley-Whiting was named one of the top 100 young leaders of the African American community by The Root, an online magazine founded by scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr.[10] She received the 2006 Horace Mann Medal from Brown University.[11] The award is given annually by the Brown Graduate School to an alumnus or alumna who has made significant contributions in his or her field, inside or outside of academia. Her book, Pimps Up, Ho's Down: Hip Hop's Hold on Young Black Women,[12] received the Emily Toth Award for the Best Single Work by One or More Authors in Women's Issues in Popular and American Culture in a specific year from the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association.[13] Her book, Bricktop's Paris: African American Women in Jazz-Age Paris and The Autobiography of Ada Bricktop Smith, or Miss Baker Regrets was a 2015 Choice Outstanding Academic Title and The American Library in Paris 2015 Book Award Long List Nominee.[14]

Selected works

Single authored books

Edited and co-edited books

Notes and References

  1. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/french_ital/faculty/sharpleywhiting T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting
  2. Web site: June 27, 2022 . Tung, Sharpley-Whiting appointed to vice provost roles in undergraduate education, arts and libraries . 2022-08-17 . Vanderbilt University . en-US.
  3. Web site: Palimpsest: A Journal on Women, Gender, and the Black International - journal information, editorial boards. Project MUSE, State University of New York (SUNY) Press. 14 May 2014.
  4. Web site: About: contacts, in the United States - T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting. "France Noire/Black France" Film Festival. 19 May 2014.
  5. News: Patterson. Jim. Vanderbilt professor testifies before Congress; Tracy Sharpley-Whiting speaks out about woman and popular culture. 19 May 2014. Research news@Vanderbilt - Vanderbilt University. 25 September 2007.
  6. Web site: Directory of Past Residents - The Camargo Foundation. 2021-03-03. camargofoundation.org.
  7. Web site: Previous Fellowship Awardees Howard Foundation Brown University. 2021-03-03. www.brown.edu.
  8. Web site: Tracy Sharpley-Whiting (0000-0002-4318-0908). 2021-03-03. orcid.org. en.
  9. Web site: Dr. Tracy Sharpley-Whiting Wins SEC Faculty Achievement Award. 17 April 2020. 10 March 2021.
  10. News: Vanderbilt's Sharpley-Whiting named to The Root 100 list.. https://web.archive.org/web/20140629084306/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-239986562.html. dead. 29 June 2014. 19 May 2014. 20 October 2010.
  11. Web site: Previous Horace Mann Medal Winners: 2006-07 Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting '94 Ph.D.. Brown University. 19 May 2014.
  12. Book: Sharpley-Whiting, Tracy Denean . Pimps up, ho's down: hip hop's hold on young Black women . New York University Press . New York . 2007 . 9780814740644 .
  13. Web site: 2008 Award Winners:Emily Toth Award. Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association - PCAACA. 19 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140519060333/http://pcaaca.org/2008-award-winners/. 2014-05-19. dead.
  14. Web site: SUNY Press :: Home. 2021-03-03. www.sunypress.edu.

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