Shauntae B White
Shauntae Brown White, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Mass Communication and interim associate dean of the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at North Carolina Central University. She earned a B.A. in journalism from Howard University, an M.A. in Speech Communication from the University of Alabama, and her doctorate from the University of Kansas in Communication Studies.
Dr. White, who also serves as the coordinator of the Women’s and Gender Studies program at NCCU, examines representations of black women in media. Most recently, she co-edited a book, "Television Representations of Black Womanhood: Being Mara Brock Akil." White is the recipient of the 2020 University of North Carolina Board of Governors Award in Teaching Excellence.
Courses
Publications
White, Shauntae Brown & Kandace Harris (Eds). Media Representations of Black Womanhood: Being Mara Brock Akil. Landover, MD: Lexington, 2019.
“Just Do the Right Thing: On White Allies & Intervention.” Women & Language 43.1 (2020): Print.
“Girl, You Know I Got You: The Ideology of Sisterhood on Being Mary Jane.” Media Representations of Black Womanhood on Television: Being Mara Brock Akil. Eds.
Shauntae Brown White and Kandace L. Harris. Lanham, MD: Lexington, 2019. 67-85. Print.
“Let the Church Say, ‘Amen.’”: Tyler Perry’s Treatment of the African American Church and Pastor.” Interpreting Tyler Perry: Perspectives on Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality. Eds. Ronald L. Jackson and Jamel Bell. New York: Routledge, 2014. 141-151. Print.
‘Talking Back’: The Danger of Silence and the Risk of Speaking Up in Black and White.” Women & Language 35.2 (2012): 95-98. Print.
“The Big Girls’ Chair: A Rhetorical Analysis of How Motions for Kids Markets Relaxers to African American Girls.” Blackberries and Redbones: Critical Articulations of Black Hair/Body Politics in Africana Communities. Eds. Regina E. Spellers and Kimberly Moffitt. Hampton Press, Inc, 2010. Print.
“Telling the Story: Kansas City Mayor and United Methodist Pastor Emanuel Cleaver’s Use of Storytelling to Transcend Rhetorical Barriers.” Journal of African American Studies 9.4 (2006): 32-44. Print.
“Releasing the Pursuit of Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Hair: Natural Hair as an Afrocentric Womanist Aesthetic for Beauty.” International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics. Special Issue: Black Women's Politics of Cultural Expression 1.3 (2005): 295-308. Print.
Brown-White, Shauntae. “Afrocentric Rhetoric Transcending Audiences and Contexts: A Case Study of Preacher, Politician Emanuel Cleaver, II.” Innovations in African American Rhetoric. Ed. Elaine Richardson and Ronald Jackson. New York: Routledge, 2003. 262-283. Print.