Founding Member — President 2005-2007
Dr. Robertson is the Director of the New Orleans
Public Schools Africana Studies & Multicultural Unit.
An invited participant at a number of international,
national and local conferences, including the Cheikh
Anta Diop conference of Africana Studies at Temple
University, his alma mater, Dr. Robertson continues to
publish works on Africana Studies as a discipline. He
served as teacher chaperone for KTA98 and KTA2K.
Secretary
Mrs. Price ia an educator with almost 30 years of
experience teaching Health and Physical Education in
the New Orleans Public Schools. She trains teachers
on new curriculum in the area of HIV/AIDS edcucation
with the New Orleans Public School system as adopted
from the Center for Disease Control (CDC). Parent of
KTA97 scholar, Erin, Mrs. Price served as a teacher
chaperone for KTA98, KTA2K, and KTA02.
Founding Member — Treasurer
Dr. Murphy has served as Program Director for six
groups of U. S. Dept. of Education Fulbright-Hays,
Group Projects Abroad. An invited participant to the
American Forum for Global Education in 1990, she
currently is Director of Service Learning at Xavier
University. Her areas of specialty are educational
technology, program development and grantwriting. Dr.
Murphy has served as a teacher chaperone for KTA99.
Founding Member — Executive Director
Mrs. Harley has almost 20 years of classroom
experience and has traveled throughout Africa. She
was a U. S. Peace Corps volunteer in Kenya and 1995
Fulbright Scholar to Zimbabwe. She has seved as an
educational consultant, trainer and presenter for
Louisiana Voices-Folklife in Education Program.
Currently a Montessori teacher in the public school
system she has also worked in curriculum development,
teacher training, and portfolio assessment. She
serves as a teacher chaperone each year.
Founding Member
Mr. Harley was a U. S. Peace Corps volunteer in
Cameroun. He is currently employed as a Loan
Specialist with the U. S. Small Business
Administration. He has extensive experience in
Community Development and Consensus Organizing. Mr.
Harley served a teacher chaperone for KTA97, KTA99 and
KTA02.
Founding Member — Community Liaison
Rev. Webster is the senior pastor of Christian Unity
Baptist Church. Rev. Webster is a practitioner and
academic in the field of Africana (African and African
American) Stuidies with over 25 years experience in
research; teaching; program evaluation; lecturing and
consulting. Rev. Webster has served as a teacher
chaperone for KTA99, and KTA02.
