Educator; Artist; Minister; Storyteller; Freedom Writer—Freedom Fighter; Public Intellectual; Mentor
Dr. Johnathan JeVon White was born in Norfolk, VA. He graduated from Clark Atlanta University with a B.A. in Political Science. He earned his doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh, specializing in modern U.S. and African American history. His dissertation examined black jazz musicians in Pittsburgh before and after integration, and how collective memory re-imagines the past.
He is an Associate Teaching Professor at Penn State Greater Allegheny. He has taught courses in history, African American studies, black arts, and leadership development.
1. Co-Founder and Co- Director of Stewart and Jones Scholar Leadership Program (retention measure for minority male students)
2. Currently, Chair of Black Studies (African American Studies minor)
Sought after public speaker for universities, community organizations
3. Co-Chair of Penn State DEIB Task Force for Commonwealth Campuses
4. Penn State Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence Advisory Committee member
5. Penn State Awardee for both Teaching Excellence and Social Activism
6. Secured a 20,000 grant to create first Black Male Studies Symposium at Penn State Greater Allegheny
7. Penn State Greater Allegheny Equity Pedagogy Scholar 2023-2024
8. Board of Directors – Catapult Greater Pittsburgh
9. Skilled performing artist, creative and academic writer, moderator
