Kara Tucina Olidge
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Kara Tucina Olidge is a scholar, arts and educational administrator and the executive director of the Amistad Research Center at Tulane University.[1] The Amistad Research Center is the nation's oldest, largest, and most comprehensive independent archive specializing in the history of African Americans and other ethnic minorities. Before this position, she was the deputy director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a branch of the New York Public Library based in Harlem. The Schomburg is one of the world's leading research facilities dedicated to the history of the African diaspora. Before joining the Schomburg in 2012, Olidge was the director of the Hetrick-Martin Institute, a nonprofit organization serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth in Newark, NJ. Olidge specializes in art and educational administration and leadership and has led educational institutions and community-based organizations.
Olidge's scholarly work has focused on critical
Early life and education
Born in
She received a Master of Arts in arts administration from the
After moving to
While working on her Ph.D. at the
Career
Olidge is executive director of the Amistad Research Center at Tulane University.[1] The Amistad Research Center is the nation's oldest, largest, and most comprehensive independent archive specializing in the history of African Americans and other ethnic minorities.[18] Before this position, she was the deputy director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a branch of the New York Public Library based in Harlem.[19] The Schomburg is one of the world's leading research facilities dedicated to the history of the African diaspora.[20]
Before joining the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Olidge developed programming and directed the pilot site Hetrick-Martin Institute in Newark, New Jersey.[21][22]
Olidge's scholarly work has focused on critical
Professional affiliations
Olidge served on the Queer Newark Oral History Project Committee.[30] For two years, she has been a member of the Essex County Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Advisory Board, the first county-level board of its kind in New Jersey,[31] and the finance chair of the Newark-Essex Pride Coalition which organizes Newark LGBT Pride events.[32]
She was recently appointed a board member of CLAGS: The
She was previously the Board Development Committee Chair and the Planning Committee co-chair at the
References
- ^ a b Dr. Kara Tucina Olidge Appointed Executive Director, April 2015.
- ^ Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation, Scholarships.
- ^ Fulton County Community Service.
- ^ The University of New Orleans, Assistantships and Scholarships, Marcus B. Christian Memorial Prize.
- ^ Kara Olidge, Stella Jones Gallery: Organizational Analysis and Suggested Marketing Plan University of New Orleans, 2000.
- ^ Shakespeare Festival, Tulane University.
- ^ Stella Jones Gallery.
- ^ Amistad Research Center.
- ^ Denise Jewell, MOVING OUT: Las Vegas, Phoenix are a magnet for Niagara County residents who leave the state, Niagara Gazette, February 24, 2007.
- ^ State University of New York at Buffalo, Mark Diamond Research Fund.
- ^ a b Kara Olidge, Critical cosmopolitanism and the intellectual work of Alain Locke, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2010.
- ^ Education Opportunity Center, Home.
- ^ Good Schools for All, a program of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo and the Read to Succeed Buffalo Literacy Coalition, Citywide Literacy Campaign Planning Report and Action Plan, Buffalo, NY, October 2007.
- ^ Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Annual Report, 2007.
- ^ Instructional Systems Inc. Newsletter, What's Happening in Niagara Falls? Volume 4, Issue 1, April 2005.
- ^ Michele Deluca, NIAGARA FALLS: Men learn how to make their world a better place, Niagara Gazette, April 3, 2009.
- ^ Advanced Technology Training and Information Networking, About.
- ^ "Amistad Research Center". Archived from the original on 2012-09-08. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
- ^ The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Contact Information.
- ^ The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, About.
- ^ Hetrick-Martin Institute, Newark Archived 2012-10-14 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Release, Hetrick-Martin Institute comes to Newark, 2012.
- ^ Olivia Ford, Homophobia and HIV Risk: What's Family Got to Do With It? Part One, TheBody.com, June 9, 2011.
- ^ Olivia Ford, Homophobia and HIV Risk: What's Family Got to Do With It? Part Two, TheBody.com, June 14, 2011.
- ^ Growing Up Policed Mini-Conference: Surveilling Racialized Sexualities Speaker and Organizational Biographies.
- ^ Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College of Louisiana to Highlight Emerging Louisiana Artists Focus Gallery: Louisiana Artists at the Crossroads Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine, Kara Olidge, curator.
- ^ Frequencies, an intersection of literature, music, and media that encompasses the "workin' it out" space that all artists experience, Mixed Metaphor and Innervision Sound Productions present..., Buffalo Rising, 2005.
- ^ Hallwalls, Artists.
- ^ Rutgers University, New Jersey Youth Development Forum: Innovations in Youth Development, April 29, 2011.
- ^ Queer Newark, Get Involved Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ ESSEX COUNTY BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS.
- ^ City of Newark, NJ, Resource List Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ CLAGS Board of Directors.
- ^ About CLAGS.
External links
- The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
- Olidge is referenced in the book, Multicultural Education Policies in Canada and the United States, by Reva Joshee and Lauri Johnson. UBC Press, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, 2007.
- Olidge's doctoral dissertation referenced in the Journal of American History's Recent African American Scholarship.
- National Arts Administration Mentorship Program. Report to the Field: A Record and Reflection of Value-based Learning, Caron Atlas and Kathie deNobriga. N. 2002.