Shauntae Brown White

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Dr. Shauntae Brown White Biography

Dr. Shauntae has a passion for women and is known for her engaging workshops in which she challenges audiences to apply learned knowledge to their everyday lives.

During her early years, she observed the power of the spoken word to make or break relationships. Because of the impact of that awareness, she majored in journalism at Howard University, where she earned a B.A.  She went on to earn a M.A. degree in Speech Communication from the University of Alabama and a Ph.D. in Communication Studies from the University of Kansas.

Dr. Shauntae is currently a professor in Mass Communication at North Carolina Central University where she also serves as coordinator of the Women’s & Gender Studies Program. She has written several academic articles and book chapters and is the author of The First Lady: African American Pastors’ Wives in Their Own Words and the co-editor of Representations of Black Womanhood on Television: Being Mara Brock Akil.

Shauntae is married to her longtime college friend, the Rev. Dr. Harry L. White, Jr., who pastors Watts Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC.  They have two daughters.
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Dr. Shauntae Brown White offers up seasoned words as she encourages audiences and readers to Speak Life! Dr.  Shauntae has a passion for women and is known for her engaging workshops in which she challenges audiences to apply   knowledge to their everyday lives. It is her hope that she can equip people with the tools to communicate more purposefully, positively and powerfully. 

What Others Are Saying?

Mrs. Deborah M. McMillan

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Genuine. Knowledgeable. Insightful. Full of depth. Creative. These are just a few of the many qualities Dr. Shauntae Brown White brings to her presentations! As a discerning woman of God, Dr. White captures her audience and offers them open-minded and practical solutions to complex situations. We at Watts Chapel are blessed by her perception, wisdom and many talents.

Dr. Melbourne S. Cummings

I have known Dr. Shauntae Brown White for nearly twenty years since she was a student at Howard University. I have followed her career closely and she has proven herself to be a consummate professional who continues to make an impact on the field of communication. Through Shauntae’s conference presentations she shows thought, planning, perception, knowledge, breadth and depth of the subject matter as well as an awareness and concern for her audience’s needs and interests.  She not only uses her academic training for teaching and research, but reaching and connecting with the community.  Speak Life! is an example of making the discipline of communication accessible to everyone.

Ms. Yvette Richards

Dr. Shauntae is refreshing and offers new understanding of operating in with God’s grace in our relationships with others.  Creative and dynamic, Dr. Shauntae is beyond measure in explaining effective communication skills and its importance in establishing and maintaining intimacy in sisterhood.

Rev. Kathryn G. Brown

Dr. Shauntae Brown White is a dynamic and innovative scholar, educator and presenter.  Her creative and practical approach to learning engages audiences in relevant, real and relational knowledge that is positively transformative.  Dr. Shauntae is passionate about communication excellence for women in every aspect of their lives.  She is well-equipped both educational and spiritually, and is intentional about practicing what she “preaches.”