Jacqueline E. Wade, Ph.D.


Highly competent educator and administrator experienced in student-centered learning and organizational management principles and practices.

Broad knowledge and background in teaching, training, consultation, research, evaluation, student development, administration, program development, management and supervision.

 

  Key Assets

:: Demonstrated gift for teaching, training, and motivating people toward higher academic achievement.

:: Highly successful in designing, implementing, and directing programs for educational institutions, organizations for academic professionals and corporations.

:: Excellent mediator, moderator, and facilitator; effective written and oral communications.

:: Astute in implementing workshops, seminars, and consultations to accomplish desired results.

:: Skilled in handling sensitive human affairs issues with diplomacy and objectivity.

:: Performs needs analysis and research, effectively applying findings to the specific issue.

 

  Educational History

Ph.D.  University of Pennsylvania
Graduate School of Education

Dissertation Topic:  Black College Students' Racial Adaptive Modes: "Making It At Penn"
A field study on the interactional processes of African American undergraduate students at the University of Pennsylvania.


MSW  University of Pennsylvania
Graduate School of Social Work

Masters Thesis Topic:  Institutional Racism in American Public Education
A field study of compensatory education practices in a predominantly African American elementary school in Philadelphia, PA.


BA  Fisk University
Degree in Music

 

  Professional Organizational Memberships

:: African Heritage Studies Association
:: Association of Black Cultural Centers
:: American Association for Higher Education
:: American Personnel and Guidance Association
:: National Association of Black Social Workers
:: National Association of Student Personnel Administrators
:: National Council for Black Studies, Inc.
:: Phi Delta Kappa
:: Sisters of Color International

 

  Civic/Social Organizational Memberships

:: Leadership Clarksville, Class of 1998
:: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
:: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
:: Women Against Abuse
:: 1988-90 Commissioner, Greensboro Mayor's Commission on the Status of Women

 

  Major Professional Accomplishments

Teaching

:: Organized and taught a wide range of required undergraduate and graduate courses in the disciplines of Africana Studies, Education, Social Work, Sociology, and Women's Studies (e.g., Introduction to Africana Studies;  Issues in American Racism;  Multicultural Education: Knowledge and Perspectives for Classroom Teachers;  Cultural Diversity: Competence for Social Work Practice;  African American Women in the Modern Civil Rights Movement;  The Black Child;  Childhood Development and Education;  Social Problems in America;  Marriage and Family;  Introduction to Social Work;  Social Work Practice)


Training, Consultation, and Evaluation

:: Expert witness on the status of public education for African Americans in the state of Tennessee at the "Educational Equity" hearings conducted by the NAACP.

:: Consultant and evaluator on various educational projects for the United States Information Services.

:: Consultant and primary writer of the "Development Plan for Multicultural Education in Teacher Training" at the College of Education, Middle Tennessee State University.

:: Consultant and program evaluator to the Institute for the Advancement of Urban Education, St. Peter's College.

:: Consultant and program reviewer of Africana Studies program units in various higher education institutions.

:: Consultant to the Philadelphia School District on major teacher and staff development projects related to racism, sexism, and other forms of human degradation.

:: Consultant and researcher on school desegregation, School District of Englewood, New Jersey.

:: Africana Studies specialist in three of the Annual Black Graduate Student Leadership conferences, Northern Illinois University.

:: Consultant and evaluator to Trenton State College's Afro-American Lecture Series, funded by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.

:: Consultant to the "Each One, Reach One" Program of the Black Child Development Institute, Greensboro, NC Branch.

:: Consultant to the Black Women Lawyers' History Project of the National Association of Black Women Lawyers, Durham, NC Branch.

:: Consultant to the Benjamin Banneker Honors College, Prairie View A&M University.

:: Consultant and evaluator to the Conrad Hilton Foundation on women abuse programs in the State of Tennessee.

:: Consultant to faculty and administrators on various student development issues.


Student Development

:: Designed and directed training programs and co-curricular activities focusing on students' attitudes and behaviors related to issues of race, gender, social class strata, and other matters of human relationships.

:: Developed, directed, and coordinated specialized programs and services for African American and other students of color, and coordinated their access to and use of college/university-wide academic and social developmental programs and services.

:: Designed and coordinated a series of learning/living programs.

:: Directed a series of informal and out-of-classroom common interest discussion groups between faculty and students.

:: Designed and directed Afrocentric/multicultural education curriculums and related services for students ranging from pre-kindergarten to college levels.

:: Designed and directed a range of comprehensive programs related to college students' intellectual, social, civic, and emotional growth.

:: Designed and supervised the implementation of alternative education programs and services for select groups of middle school and high school students.


Administration

:: Wrote successful educational program grant proposals.

:: Developed and directed early childhood education services and coordinated related research products.

:: Wrote and administered foundation grants and other awards.

:: Directed academic institutes and symposiums.

 

  Professional Presentations and Keynote Speeches

Africana Dating and Other "Whack Behaviors" on the College Campus
special workshop given at Indiana State University

The Essentiality of Black Consciousness in the University
lecture given at Indiana University

The History of Africana Women's Imagery
special lecture given for the Women of Color Collective at the University of Illinois

Africana Womanism: Theoretical and Practical Considerations
lecture given at California State University-Long Beach

Re-constructing Africana Male and Female Relationships
consecutive lectures given at California State University-Dominquez Hills and at Loyola Marymount College

Kwanzaa and the Advancement of Social Justice: The Mission of the African American Presence at West Virginia University
special lecture series, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

Afrocentric Perspectives on Black Male/Female Relationships
lecture given at Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

Maintaining Intercultural Relationships at Penn: De Ja Vu All Over Again
keynote speech at the African American Resource Center's forum on racism, The University of Pennsylvania

The Global Dimensions of the African Diaspora and Its Relation to Africa: The Aesthetic/Gender/Resistance Dimensions
plenary speaker at the 36th annual conference of the African Heritage Studies Association, Philadelphia, PA

Common Ground ... It's Roots
"distinguished panelist" at the 30th anniversary celebration of the Penn Women's Center, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Infusing African American Studies Content in the Forrest Park Curriculum
a day-long faculty workshop on "globalizing" the college curriculum, St. Louis Community College-Forrest Park

Sister to Sister
workshop conducted on Africana womanism at the Paul Robeson African American Cultural Center, Pennsylvania State University

Where Do We Go From Here?
keynote speech at the celebration of the 31st anniversary of the African American Cultural Center, Indiana State University

Race - The Power of an Illusion
"distinguished panelist" at the PBS public forum on the nationally-televised series of the same title, Nashville, TN

Preserving Africana Heritage to Save Our Children
keynote speech at the National Association of Black Social Workers' 2003 National Steering Committee Meeting, Nashville, TN

Freedom Under Fire: Saving Ourselves
keynote speech at the Russellville/Auburn NAACP Branch's Annual Black History Month Opening Celebration, Auburn, KY

Voices of Black Political Conservatives: What Are They Trying to Conserve?
plenary presentation at the 12th Annual Conference of the Association of Black Cultural Centers, Oxford, OH

New Curricular Perspectives in Africana Women's Studies
workshop presentation at the 26th Annual Conference of the National Council of Black Studies, San Diego.

Canonizing Africana Studies as a Discipline
panel presentation at the Seventh Annual Africana Studies Conference, Tennessee State University

Politics and Public Policy: Critical Issues
"distinguished panelist" at the Nguzo Saba 2000 Conference, Los Angeles

On Being African American in America: Balancing the Personal and Professional
consecutive workshop presentations at the Annual Minority Affairs Conference of the Tennessee Education Association

Black to the Future: The Agonies and Ecstasies of the African American Experience
keynote speech at the Annual Opening Celebration of African American History Month, Northern Illinois University

The New World Order: An Afrocentric Perspective
keynote speech at the Annual Luncheon of the Columbus Society for the Advancement of Culture and Welfare in Sierra Leone

Saving Our Children to Save Ourselves
keynote speech at the Annual Banquet of the Hopkinsville Minority Economic Development Council

African-American Women in Leadership: Empowering the Community
lecture given at the Fifth Annual Ida B. Wells Lecture Series, West Virginia University

Diversity 2000: Promoting Equity in Public Education
presentation at the Tennessee School Board Convention, Nashville, TN

Multicultural Education: Issues and Answers
lecture given at the Student and Faculty Symposium, Middle Tennessee State University College of Education

The Connections and Inter-Connections of the Global African Experience: Historic and Contemporary Perspectives
a series of major speeches given on a two-week lecture tour to four Caribbean nations, sponsored by the United States Information Agency

 

  Publications

The Spirit and Substance of Africana Heritage: Saving Our Children.  Forthcoming, 2007.

"I Will Play Me In The Movie": Listening to the Voices of Africana Women Who Ordinarily Would Not Be Heard.  Editor.  Forthcoming, 2007.

"Phenomenal Women's Voices Lifted in Song: The History of the Bennett College Choir."  The Western Journal of Black Studies, Spring 1990.

"The Role and Significance of African American Studies: Revisiting the Miseducation of the Negro."  The Question of the Color Line in the Academy, Afro-American Studies Monograph, University of Pennsylvania, 1990.

"Using a Social Work School for Campus-wide Racism Awareness Training."  Journal of Continuing Social Work Education (co-authors, John Morrison Orneice Dorsey Leslie, and Samuel Sylvester), Spring 1989.

"Race and Raceness: A Theoretical Perspective of the Black American Experience."  The Western Journal of Black Studies.  Vol. 11, No. 1, Spring 1987.

"Role Boundaries and Paying Back: Switching Hats in Participant Observation."  Anthropology and Education Quarterly.  Vol. 15, No. 3, Fall 1984.


Book Reviews

"Women of Color: Freedom Organizing Series," (Kitchen Table Press) The Journal of the National Women Studies Association, 1991.

"Black Identity in the America," (Tanya Saunders Hamilton and Shawna Moore), Black Studies Institute at UCLA, 1990.