Announcements

• Resurfacing the erased history of Black women in the civil rights movement: Expert interview with Dr. Karsonya Wise Whithead
• Virgina Governor Asks Department of Education to Review AP African American Studies Course; Featuring Dr. Karsonya Wise Whitehead
• Dr. Karsonya Wise Whitehead is featured in PBS' docuseries Fight the Power: How Hip-Hop Changed the World
• Dr. Karsonya Wise Whitehead is the 2023 recipient of the Fairfield University's REV. John LaFarge, S.J. Award
• Fr. Bryan Massingale delivers 30th annual MLK Convocation address
• The Karson Institute marks its two year milestone
• Dr. Karsonya Wise Whiteheads write-ups for The Black Media Authority
  • Black History Month 2023: The Power of Black Resistance
  • Commentary: Running as a metaphor for life: a marathon participants story
  • Commentary: Juneteenth: Celebrating through our tears
  • America is not the greatest country in the world
  • Commentary: HBCU Graduates: We just see the world differently
• Dr. Karsonya Wise Whitehead serves as emcee for ceremony of new state attorney Ivan Bate
• Dr. Karsonya Wise Whiteheads National Women's Studies Association statements
  • NWSA Stands in Solidarity with our Colleagues at the New College of Florida
  • NCUFF statement Jan 17, 2023
  • NWSA Condemns the Racially Insensitive Remarks of Chancellor Thomas L. Keon
  • NWSA Stands in Solidarity with our Colleagues at the Indiana University School of Medicine and at the University of Notre Dame
  • NWSA Stands in Solidarity with Iranian Protesters
  • Statement Concerning the Overturning Roe v. Wade
  • NWSA Statement on Leaked Draft of the SCOTUS Decision to overturn Roe V. Wade
  • NWSA Responds to Faculty Cuts at University of Maine Farmington
  • NWSA Condemns the Attack on the People of Ukraine
• Dr. Karsonya Wise Whitehead is a 2022 UMBC Alumni Award Recipient
• Baltimore radio host Karsonya Whitehead runs in BaltiMORON-A-Thon
• Dr. Karsoyna Whitehead wins the Chesapeake Award #AP for Outstanding Talk Show
• Dr. Karsonya Wise Whitehead receives the 2021 Vernon Jarrett Medal for Journalistic Excellence, honoring her body of work including her show on WEAA. Dr. Karsonya Wise Whitehead will be celebrated at a ceremony at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on April 21
• Podcast and Harriet Tubman documentary top new offerings from Loyola’s Karson Institute for Race, Peace & Social Justice
• Dr. Karsonya Wise Whitehead recognized by the Daily Record as Maryland Top 100 Women
• Karson Institute to host conversation and reception with Deputy President of Kenya
• Karson Institute for Race, Peace & Social Justice partners with The Baltimore Sun to host Black History Month COMloquia
• Selected by Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center as one of Baltimore's Leading Women
• Visit Baltimore honors Dr. Karsonya Wise Whitehead with the first-ever Bridge Award for her work and ongoing commitment to continual education, support and dialogue around issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Dr. Whitehead will be presented with the award at Visit Baltimore’s upcoming Annual Meeting on Thursday, Nov. 18 at the B&O Railroad Museum’s Outdoor Pavilion. The award will also be announced in Visit Baltimore’s Annual Report.
• Dr. Karsonya Whitehead's Media Reel 
• Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education: Ignatian Antiracism and Enhancing U.S. Civic Life; 'Never Postpone Good Work'  Dr. Karsonya Wise Whitehead  
• Founding Executive Director of the Institute Dr. Karsonya "Kaye" Wise Whitehead, Ph.D., professor of communication and African American Studies, receives the Regional Edward R. Murrow Award, Leaders in Diversity Award from the BBJ, and Chesapeake AP Broadcasters Association Award for diversity, equity, and inclusion work.
• An inaugural doctoral fellow, María T. Colompos-Tohtsonie, who is studying Educational Leadership and Policy at Texas Tech University, will assist the Institute with initiatives and ongoing racial justice efforts. She will begin her fellowship with the Institute in June 2021.
• Director Position at Karson Institute Elevated and Redefined 

In the News

• America is not the greatest country in the world | AFRO American Newspapers
• Commentary: Juneteenth: Celebrating through our tears | AFRO American Newspapers
• Steering into Black America's Reality on The St. Louis American
• Racial and Environmental Justice, Immigration Rights, Women in Leadership Subjects of Jesuit Higher Education Conference via Georgetown University
• Loyola names an inaugural doctoral fellow, María T. Colompos-Tohtsonie on Twitter
• Loyola’s Karson Institute Names María T. Colompos-Tohtsonie Inaugural Doctoral Fellow on CityBizList
• Juneteenth 2021: Events, Festivals to Celebrate in DC, Maryland, Virginia on NBC 4 Washington
• Leaders in Diversity Awards 2021: Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Loyola University Maryland on Facebook
• UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship recognizes Dr. Whitehead on Twitter
• Karson Institute Partners with the Reginald F. Lewis Museum and MPT on CityBizList
• Karson Institute for Race, Peace & Social Justice Partners with The Baltimore Sun on CityBizList
• Patriot League Anti-Racism Speaker Series Continues with Loyola Maryland’s Dr. Karsonya Whitehead
• Black voices that make a difference: The Karson Institute’s Karsonya Whitehead on WTOP
• Black professor at Loyola University Maryland creates a place for positive conversations about race on The Baltimore Sun
• The Karson Institute of Race, Peace & Social Justice on Fox 45 News.
• Loyola creates Karson Institute for Race, Peace & Social Justice on Cision PRWeb.
• Loyola University Maryland launches Karson Institute for Race, Peace & Social Justice on Baltimore Fishbowl.
• Loyola creates Karson Institute for Race, Peace & Social Justice on Yahoo Finance.
• Loyola creates Karson Institute for Race, Peace & Social Justice on Yahoo News.