Talk:Brenda Elaine Stevenson

Notability

Here are comments left on my talk page by the draft's submitter:

"To Whom It May Concern: The message is in response to your comment that Brenda Elaine Stevenson does not meet the WP:PROF standards. According to the Wikipedia:Notability (academics) page, Stevenson must meet one of the following conditions. I have briefly addressed how she is qualified in at least six of those categories below:

1. The person's research has made significant impact in their scholarly discipline, broadly construed, as demonstrated by independent reliable sources. She has contributed to the field of slave studies and racial conflict studies. For example, she was the first scholar who contested that slave families were of a nuclear and male-headed structure within American slavery. She also was the first historian to publish a book about the lesser-known gendered influence that initiated of the 1992 riots of Los Angeles.

2. The person has received a highly prestigious academic award or honor at a national or international level. Stevenson has been distinguished for awards on both national and international levels. For example, she has received the Berlin Prize from the American Academy in Berlin; the Ida B. Wells Award for Bravery in Journalism from Women’s Enews; the UCLA Gold Shield Faculty Award; the Organization of American Historians, James A. Rawley Prize, Best Book on the History of Race Relations in the U.S; Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Prize, amongst many other fellowships.

3. The person is or has been an elected member of a highly selective and prestigious scholarly society or association (e.g., a National Academy of Sciences or the Royal Society) or a fellow of a major scholarly society for which that is a highly selective honor (e.g., the IEEE).

She is a fellow of Gilder Lehrman, National Humanities Center, Center for Advanced Study and Behavioral Sciences, the Smithsonian Institute, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy, and UCLA.

4. The person's academic work has made a significant impact in the area of higher education, affecting a substantial number of academic institutions. 5. The person holds or has held a named chair appointment or distinguished professor appointment at a major institution of higher education and research (or an equivalent position in countries where named chairs are uncommon). She has been chair of both the History Department and Afro-American Studies at UCLA.

6. The person has held a highest-level elected or appointed academic post at a major academic institution or major academic society. 7. The person has made substantial impact outside academia in their academic capacity. She has been on numerous public radio stations, such as KCRW (Los Angeles), and feminist blogs, such as UnitedWomen.org and Cross-Generational Dialogues in Black Women's History, as an interviewee for her expertise in race relations and American history.

8. The person is or has been the head or chief editor of a major, well-established academic journal in their subject area. She is an editor of the Black Studies Journal and The Journal of African American History.

9. The person is in a field of literature (e.g., writer or poet) or the fine arts (e.g., musician, composer, artist), and meets the standards for notability in that art, such as WP:CREATIVE or WP:MUSIC.

I ask that you please reconsider publishing the article on Brenda Elaine Stevenson. If not, can you please provide me with feedback as to why she does not qualify, or give me some specific suggestions on how the article can be rewritten to meet the notability standards.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely", ResearchAssistant952 — Preceding unsigned comment added by ResearchAssistant952 (talk • contribs) 02:21, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

Best, FoCuS contribs; talk to me! 18:57, 16 September 2015 (UTC)