Dr. Jacqueline E. Wade is a scholar, educator, lecturer, trainer, program administrator, organizational manager, and consultant. She is founder and president of Wade Educational Programming and Consultation Services. Through this agency, Dr. Wade conducts Afrocentric/multicultural-centered training and development programs and related services for students, faculties, and staff in educational institutions, as well as for members of corporate bodies and community organizations. Dr. Wade also conducts highly-interactive presentations on issues of white supremacy, racism, sexism, heterosexism and other forms of human degradation, with an emphasis on ways and means of rooting out these social ills.

From 1996 to August 2003, she was the Director of the Wilbur N. Daniel African American Cultural Center and adjunct faculty in the African American Studies Program at Austin Peay State University. She organized and directed cultural programs that provided holistic knowledge about the historic and contemporary contributions, achievements, and social perspectives of African Americans and other people of African descent. She also taught courses focused on African American and African diasporic experiences. Dr. Wade is the former Executive Director of the National Council for Black Studies, Inc. She was cited for her consistent record of exemplary leadership in the development and implementation of some of the most dynamic and effective Afrocentric programs in the organization's history. Throughout her professional career, Dr. Wade has held successful faculty and/or administrative positions in various colleges and universities, including the University of Pennsylvania, Bennett College, and Middle Tennessee State University.

Dr. Wade has a Ph.D. in Education, with a specialization in African American students' educational development and a Masters of Social Work degree, with an emphasis on educational equity and social justice. She earned both degrees at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Wade has an eminent, multi-leveled career that allows her to distinctively address issues that are commensurate with promoting "academic excellence and social responsibility." She has devoted her entire career to the socio-cultural, political and economic empowerment of African Americans and other people of color. Dr. Wade describes herself as a "scholar/activist . . . I am very committed to using my natural talents, intellectual attainments, and professional skills for salient and lasting social transformation."

Dr. Wade's writings have been published in several professional journals. Among her titles are:

:: The Spirit and Substance of African Heritage: Saving Our Children.  (Forthcoming, 2007)

:: "Race and Raceness: A Theoretical Perspective of the Black American Experience"

:: "The Role and Significance of African American Studies: Revisiting the Miseducation of the Negro"


Jacqui Wade's Resume