Awards & Winners

Kevin Jennings

Date of Birth 08-May-1963
Place of Birth Fort Lauderdale
(Florida, United States of America, Broward County, Area codes 754 and 954, Area code 754, Area code 954)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Writer, Educator, Teacher
Kevin Brett Jennings is an American educator, author, and administrator. He was the Assistant Deputy Secretary for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools at the U.S. Department of Education from 2009-11.He is currently Executive Director of the Arcus Foundation. Jennings holds degrees from Harvard University, Columbia University's Teachers College, and the Stern School of Business at New York University. He became a teacher and was named one of fifty "Terrific Teachers Making a Difference" by the Edward Calesa Foundation, he also came out as gay to his students. In 1990 he founded the Gay and Lesbian Independent School Teachers Education Network, which became a leading group seeking to end discrimination, harassment, and bullying based on sexual orientation and gender identity. In 1992 he was named co-chair of the Education Committee of the Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth in Massachusetts. Jennings has authored six books on gay rights and education, including one which won the Lambda Literary Award.

Awards by Kevin Jennings

Check all the awards nominated and won by Kevin Jennings.

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Stonewall Book Awards - Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son

1998


Lambda Literary Award for Children's/Young Adult
Honored for : Telling Tales Out of School: Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals Revisit their School Days

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Lambda Literary Award for Anthologies/Non-fiction Telling Tales Out of School: Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals Revisit their School Days
Lambda Literary Award for Children's/Young Adult Telling Tales Out of School: Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals Revisit their School Days

1994


Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Lambda Literary Award for Anthologies/Non-fiction One Teacher in 10: LGBT Educators Share Their Stories