Location

Dayton, OH

Are you a

Librarian

Name of Your Library (if applicable):

Dayton Metro Library

Library Website:

http://www.daytonmetrolibrary.org/

Blog or Personal/Professional Website:

https://blacklistedculture.com/

LinkedIn URL:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-d-brame-m-a-m-a-1109274

About Me:

I included my brief bio: Karen D. Brame is an alumna of University of Dayton; Phillips Academy, Institute for the Recruitment of Teachers; University of Michigan; and Columbia University in the City of New York. A Roy Wilkins Scholar (the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People); Black Legacy Scholar (University of Dayton); and Horace H. Rackham Fellow (University of Michigan), her areas of concentration are psychology, criminal justice, education, social sciences, African-American Studies, diversity and inclusion. A former adjunct professor of education and history, she has served as the educational consultant and keynote speaker for exhibits, such as "The Dunbar-King Project", a 2018 exhibition created by the African American Visual Artists Guild. Credentialed for twenty-eight years and possessing a “Highly Qualified Teacher” (HQT) status by the Ohio Department of Education, Brame, additionally, educates in non-traditional settings. These involve her three-year tenure (2013-15) as the Vice-President, Programming, of the Paul Laurence Dunbar Branch of the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History (ASALH), which received the national’s 2014 and 2015 awards for programming; and serving at the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park in the National Park Service’s ranger-educator program. Her artistic and cultural commentary collaborations with Fountainhead Tanz Theatre in Berlin, Germany and Artstudio 55 in Hamburg, Germany has flourished since 2011 and 2012, respectively. In 2021, Karen D. Brame became the inaugural Information Services Librarian with an Africana Archives Emphasis in Special Collections at Dayton Metro Library, which contains seventeen branches. That same year, she completed her certification in Diversity and Inclusion from the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University and also began serving as a consultant with the national headquarters of PBS for its forthcoming documentary, "The American Revolution", by critically-acclaimed, award-winning filmmaker, Ken Burns. Brame’s goals are to preserve and educate others about the various histories and struggles of persons of African descent and their considerable contributions to the United States and abroad. She especially wants to utilize her professional skills and educational experience to improve the quality of life for others, domestically and internationally. As such, Karen D. Brame founded her own subscription-based website, BLACKListed CULTURE, in 2020.