Stacey Patton

Stacey Patton
Born
United States
Occupation(s)Journalist; author

Stacey Patton is an American journalist, writer, author, speaker, commentator, and college professor.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Patton has written for The Baltimore Sun, Al Jazeera, BBC America, The New York Times, The Washington Post,[10] The Dallas Morning News,[11] NewsOne and The Root.[12]

She is also author of the book Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Children Won't Save Black America.[13]

Patton, a former senior enterprise reporter for The Chronicle of Higher Education, was previously a professor of multimedia journalism at Morgan State University's School of Global Journalism and Communication[14] and founder of the anti-child abuse movement Spare The Kids, Inc.[15] She is now[when?] a research associate professor at Morgan State University and she teaches journalism at Howard University in Washington, DC.

In 2012, Womanspace of Mercer County, New Jersey, a nonprofit organization that provides help for victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence, awarded its annual Barbara Boggs Sigmund Award to Patton.[16] She has won reporting awards from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, National Association of Black Journalists, the Scripps Howard Foundation, National Education Writers Association, and she was the 2015 recipient of the Vernon Jarrett Medal for her reporting on race.[citation needed]

Also in 2012, Patton published an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education challenging scholars and students in the fields of Black/African-American studies to address the "gap" of discussing taboo subjects – such as "black sexual agency, pleasure and intimacy, or same-sex relationships" – within the aforementioned fields.[17] In 2017, the Black Studies Department at the University of Missouri dedicated its annual Black Studies Fall Conference to the discussions brought up in Patton's article.[18]

Patton is also the author of the memoir That Mean Old Yesterday.[19][20][21] The book was published by Simon & Schuster.[22]

References

  1. ^ "Simon & Schuster Speakers". Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  2. ^ "Washington Post Writer Who Blasted Amy Schumer's 'Racist' Jokes Never Saw Her Perform". July 10, 2015. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  3. ^ "WaPo Op-Ed: Amy Schumer 'Inspired' Charleston Shooter". July 7, 2015. Archived from the original on March 14, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  4. ^ "7 Black Women Writers to Follow Online in 2015". Archived from the original on December 6, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  5. ^ "Take Two Seats: What's Really Behind Jewish Anger Over Selma (Guest Commentary by Stacey Patton)". February 7, 2015. Archived from the original on September 28, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  6. ^ "Loving White People Won't Fix Racism". Dame Magazine. March 23, 2015. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  7. ^ "Dr. Stacey Patton". Archived from the original on August 26, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  8. ^ "The Nation". Archived from the original on August 18, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  9. ^ "To Spank Or Not To Spank?: Moms Discuss Discipline". NPR. Archived from the original on July 15, 2022. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  10. ^ "The Washington Post". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 15, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  11. ^ "The Dallas Morning News". Archived from the original on November 5, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  12. ^ "The Root". Archived from the original on October 26, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  13. ^ Snowden, Sylvia (January 19, 2017). "Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Children Won't Save Black America". Ebony. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  14. ^ "As Rachel Dolezal Breaks Silence, a Roundtable Discussion on Race, Appropriation and Identity". Democracy Now!. Archived from the original on November 6, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  15. ^ "Spare The Kids". SPARE THE KIDS. Archived from the original on May 17, 2022. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  16. ^ Times, Carmen Cusido/The (January 24, 2012). "Womanspace honors Dr. Stacey Patton – author, journalist and advocate". nj. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  17. ^ "Who's Afraid of Black Sexuality?". The Chronicle of Higher Education. December 3, 2012. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  18. ^ "2017 Black Studies Fall Conference Call for Proposals | Black Studies Program". blackstudies.missouri.edu. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  19. ^ "THAT MEAN OLD YESTERDAY | Kirkus Reviews". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2015 – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
  20. ^ "Book Review of That Mean Old Yesterday: A Memoir by Stacey Patton". African American Literature Book Club. Archived from the original on July 31, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  21. ^ "Publishers Weekly". Archived from the original on September 28, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  22. ^ Patton, Stacey (September 16, 2008). That Mean Old Yesterday. Washington Square Press. ISBN 9780743293112. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2022 – via www.simonandschuster.com.