Yonsenia White

Yonsenia White holds the rank of associate professor in the School of Visual Arts at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. Born in Colorado, Yonsenia White was raised in both North Carolina and Newport News, Virginia. She earned a BA and BFA in Studio Art from Virginia Tech in drawing and sculpture. She holds an MFA from the Mason Gross School of the Arts in installation art, performance art and mixed media at Rutgers University, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. For over ten years, White has taught studio art courses in basic drawing, 2 and 3D fundamentals, found object sculpture, installation art, performance art, and professional studio practices. Her outreach and research interests have lead her to interdisciplinary projects and teaching opportunities in the Women's Studies Program, the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the Department of Management in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech. She consistently presents papers on her teaching pedagogy in national and regional art conferences and gives lectures by and about artists from marginalized and underrepresented groups whose artwork engages in personal, political and social activism.