Wendel A. White

Distinguished Professor of Art & American Studies, Stockton University

Wendel A. White was born in Newark, New Jersey. He was awarded a BFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York and an MFA in photography from the University of Texas at Austin. White is currently Distinguished Professor of Art & American Studies at Stockton University.

His awards and fellowships include an honorary doctor of arts, Oakland University; Robert Gardner Fellow in Photography, Peabody Museum, Harvard University; Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in photography; four artist fellowships from the New Jersey State Council for the Arts, and grants from Center Santa Fe, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts as well as residencies at Monuments Lab, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art and the Arts Council of Princeton.

Recent projects include Manifest: Thirteen Colonies, Red Summer, Schools for the Colored, Village of Peace: An African American Community in Israel, Small Towns, Black Lives, and others.

Photo credit: Carmela Colón-White