Dr. Karsonya “Kaye” Wise Whitehead is a historian of Black life in America whose work explores how Black history is remembered, taught, and carried into the present. She is a professor at Loyola University Maryland and the founding executive director of the Karson Institute for Race, Peace & Social Justice.

She hosts the award-winning radio show Today With Dr. Kaye on WEAA 88.9 FM, where she brings historical perspective to conversations about some of the stories that matter in American life.

Dr. Whitehead also serves as the 30th president of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), founded by Dr. Carter G. Woodson in 1915 and the nation’s oldest organization dedicated to the study and promotion of Black history.

She is an award-winning author of five books, including Notes from a Colored Girl and my mother’s tomorrow.