Dr. White is a Professor and former Chair of the Department of Africana Studies, and the former Director of the University Black House. She is the Vice President of the Faculty Senate, and a member of the Senate Executive Committee, having served as a Faculty Senator since 2015. As V.P., she has revitalized several senate signature events, infusing them with renewed enthusiasm and purpose, while encouraging a culture of faculty collaboration. As Director of the Black Scholars Matter (BSM) Program, Co-Chair of the AB1460 IWG Steering Committee, Co-Chair of the Black Student Success Council (BSSC), and a Commissioner on the President’s Commission for Diversity and Inclusion, she is an engaged academic leader whose holistic approach to education prioritizes inclusivity and equitable representation. She has been at the forefront of transformative initiatives that amplify underrepresented voices and grant opportunities for students that foster connectedness, student success and belonging. Her academic interests include Cultural Studies; Black Feminist Theory; Masculinity/Sexuality; Film Criticism; Media Representations; Critical Media Literacy and Qualitative Methodologies. Her research has appeared in numerous academic journals. A producer-director of several documentary films, she is also the founder/editor of the C.A.P.T.U.R.E.D. Multi-Media Student Research Journal, and an oral historian/biographer who has chronicled life stories of pioneers in entertainment in Los Angeles.
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Ph.D. 2008, University of California Los Angeles
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M.A. 1999, University of California Los Angeles
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B.A. 1992, University of Southern California
