Camesha Whittaker, Ph.D.

Camesha Whittaker, Ph.D. is the Senior Vice President of Innovation and Design at the Propel Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Under her leadership, the Propel Center launched its inaugural tech product, Propel Learn, with over 1,000 users in 2023. This mobile-first virtual learning platform is now accessible to over 300,000 students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). In addition, Dr. Whittaker leads Propel’s virtual campus, overseeing product development, instructional design, curriculum development, research and development, faculty and consortia development. She earned the B.A. in Mass Communication from Bethune-Cookman University (Daytona Beach, FL), the M.A. in Public Communication from American University (Washington, DC), and the Ph.D. in Communication Studies: Organizational Communication from Regent University (Virginia Beach, VA).