“Nothing will work unless you do.”

Maya Angelou

We enter our respective places of work, homes, institutions and establishments carrying with us conceptions of identity and history informed predominantly by experience. We therefore believe that identity is what we make it when, in fact, identity is structurally developed and imbedded in institutional psychology. Identity is versed in history, theory, and societal perception.

Cultural education outside of academia often centers on small pieces of a much larger picture in an effort to promote mindfulness without causing discomfort. We can do more in these spaces. By infusing professional training with history and philosophy that is direct, easily digested, and geared toward the audience, we can advance more than personal performance, we can enhance the person.

Kara combines her academic teaching and research skillset with her professional experience in workforce development, civil rights investigation, enforcement and advocacy to the development and presentation of training programs situated at the intersection of history, philosophy, identity, law, and communication. These educational programs are geared toward both public and professional audiences. Presentations are designed to support employees and employers by providing program participants with necessary tools to discern the inextricable link between one’s position within the workplace and one’s situation within society.

Please see the “Portfolio” page for information on workshops, seminars and programs Kara has developed.

Sample Courses Taught

MCS 333: History and Theory of Media and Mass Communication

MCS 370/ AFST 440/ GWST 390: Race, Humor, and 90’s Television

PL 115: Ethics

PL 238: Special Topics: Gender/Race/Media and Philosophy

PL380: Africana Philosophy

AFAM 40 A, B, C: Introductory series in African American Studies

AFAMAST 4582: Special Topics in African-American Literature