brook stephenson

Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Brook Stephenson graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia in 1997 with a BA in Early Childhood Education feeding his passion for art and culture crafting a lifestyle of criticism,visual art, architecture, design, education, and travel.  Having published over 200 articles in entertainment and business he continues to infuse various techniques and subjects illustrating a contemporary African-American perspective of global and domestic life, times, and trends.

Both an educator and cultural critic Brook Stephenson has edited, shot photography, or written for Rolling Out urbanstyle weekly, NV Magazine, Vibe, Smooth, King, XXL, Scratch, Black Issues Book Review, Uptown, Uptownlive.net, The Source, Nat Creole.com, The industry cosign.com, and others.

 

He is based in Brooklyn completing his first adult contemporary literary novel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Studio Museum of Harlem, Harlem, NY, Moderator, Artist talk with creators & cast of Passing Strange the play for debut of Passing Strange the documentary film, August 2009

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior, Manhattan,NY, Participant/Curriculum Developer, African Burial Grounds National Monument Teacher Institute Learning from the Past: Lessons from New York City's African Burial Ground, July 2009

Queens Public Library, Queens, NY, Newsletter Editor/Designer, Spring-Summer 2009

Queens Public Library, Queens, NY, Creative Writing Workshop Facilitator, January 2009

National Council of Teachers of English, Brooklyn, NY,member, October 2007 - present

Coca Cola/Apollo Foundation, New York, NY, Motivational Speaker, October 2002 – October 2005

Howard University School of Law 9^th Annual Centercourt Conference, Washington D.C., Panel Moderator, Behind the Cameras, Behind the Mics, Behind the Mag, April 2004

Black Americans in Publishing, New York, NY; Panelist, May 2004

Sankofa Project, Atlanta, Ga., Board member, March 1997-September 1999

 

 

 

Positions & Titles

McNally Jackson Books, New York, New York Bookseller December 2004-Present

School of Visual Arts (SVA) Liberty Partnerships Program, Manhattan, New York Educational Consultant  High School of Art & Design, February 2007 – August 2009 

NV Magazine, Manhattan, New York Guest Editor, July 2007- October 2007

nat creole.com, New York, New York Literary Editor, April 2005-March 2009

Harlem Children’s Zone, Harlem, New York English Language Arts Specialist, December 2005- February 2007

The Industry Cosign.com, New York, New York Art & Culture Editor, April 2004- December 2005

QBR 6^th Annual Harlem Book Fair, New York, New York Program Manager, March 2004-July 2004 

NV Magazine, New York, New York, Guest Editor, February 2002 – March 2002

Rolling Out urbanstyle weekly, New York, New York New York City Office Manager, July 2001-January 2004

Rolling Out urbanstyle weekly, Atlanta, Georgia Editorial Columnist, September 1998-June 2001

DekalbCountyPublic Schools , Decatur, Georgia Classroom Educator, September 1998–August 2001  

 

Morehouse College, Atlanta Georgia  B.A. in Education, Early Child Development 1997