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The Daily Record honors Loyola faculty member as one of Maryland's Top 100 Women

Kaye Wise Whitehead, Ph.D., associate professor of communication

Karsonya 鈥淜aye鈥 Whitehead, Ph.D., professor of communication and African American Studies at 今晚六合彩开奖结果, has been included on Maryland鈥檚 Top 100 Women for 2020 by The Daily Record.The Daily Record Top 100 Women

This year marks the 25th anniversary of The Daily Record's Maryland鈥檚 Top 100 Women, which was founded in 1996 to recognize outstanding achievements by women demonstrated through professional accomplishments, community leadership, and mentoring. More than 1,500 women have been presented with the honor.

Four graduates from Loyola also made the list. The awardees include, Suzanne Menser, 鈥06, MBA; Deborah Phelps, 鈥97, M.Ed.; Ann Quinn, 鈥93, MBA; and Wendi Wagner Peters, 鈥89.

Nominees were asked to complete an application outlining their educational and career history, professional and community involvement, corporate and nonprofit board memberships, and mentoring experience. A panel of business professionals and previous Maryland鈥檚 Top 100 Women honorees from throughout the state reviewed the final applications and selected this year鈥檚 honorees.

鈥淚鈥檓 honored to be recognized by The Daily Record as one of Maryland鈥檚 Top 100 Women. Being included in a group of women鈥攕ome of whom who have inspired and challenged me to use my platform to engage with marginalized communities in and around Baltimore City鈥攊s an unbelievable honor and one I don't take lightly,鈥 Whitehead said. "I spend my time working with the residents of Baltimore City, actively finding ways to share their stories, and I am constantly amazed and inspired by them and by the work that is being done to radically transform our city.鈥

Whitehead is a sought-after expert and scholar on the ways race, class, and gender coalesce in American classrooms, as well as in political and social environments. She is the host of the award-winning radio show, Today with Dr. Kaye on WEAA 88.9 FM, author of the bi-monthly column, 鈥淒ispatches from Baltimore鈥 for the Afro newspaper, and the author of five books, including I Speak for the Unforgotten: Dispatches from Baltimore, which will be published in fall 2020. She was recently included on Essence magazine鈥檚 selective list of 鈥淲oke 100 Women for 2019.鈥

鈥淒r. Whitehead continuously engages our campus community in thoughtful and thought-provoking conversations around race and equity and inclusion鈥攗rging members of our community to put their education into action,鈥 said Amanda Thomas, Ph.D., provost and vice president for academic affairs. 鈥淗er passion for Baltimore is unmistakable, and her courageous drive to make the world a more just place inspires all of us. She constantly challenges and supports the individuals she teaches鈥攊n her classroom and through her writings and media outreach and in other ways. Her voice, which is far-reaching and well-known, compels each of us to consider what more we can do to bring greater equity and inclusion to Loyola, to our city, to our state, and to our nation.鈥

The awardees will be honored at the Maryland's Top 100 Women 25th Anniversary Gala and Awards Celebration, which will be held on Monday, July 27, from 4:30-8 p.m. at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel. Winners will also be profiled in a special magazine that will be inserted into the Tuesday, July 28, issue of The Daily Record and will be available online at TheDailyRecord.com.

Several other events will take place throughout the year to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Maryland's Top 100 Women, including a Women's Leadership Summit at Towson University on Tuesday, August 18, the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. 

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