Dr. Sherice Janaye Nelson

Dr. Sherice Janaye Nelson is the founder of Dr. Janaye Executes a boutique consulting firm built around her speaking, research, and decade of higher education experience. She has a knack for imparting ideas and information, which is supported by being the 2023 Anna Julia Cooper Teacher of the Year, awarded by the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. She was the inaugural Director for the Jewel Limar Prestage Public Policy, Polling, and Research Center, which preforms mixed methods research that tell the stories of Black Americans with data at Southern University and A&M College. Her leadership success earned her the 28th spot amongst the Top 50 Women Leaders of Louisiana for 2022 with Women we Admire, a professional membership organization comprised of the most accomplished women executives and leaders across the U.S. and Canada.

She is a proud alumna of Howard University and as a political analyst, provides commentary for the Harold Fisher Show on WHUR & Sirius XM. There she received a Doctorate of Philosophy in Political Science at 27 years old specializing in Black Politics, and International Relations. These specializations have defined her as a Black Diaspora scholar who wrote The Congressional Black Caucus: Fifty Years of Fighting for Equality; the only comprehensive work on the impact the Black caucus has had on the American democratic landscape. She is only Historically Black College or University (HBCU) educated, and earned her Masters of Public Administration focusing in Public Management at the University of the District of Columbia, and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a dual degree in History and English from Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.