Background
McKissick-Melton, S. Charmaine was born on July 31, 1955 in Durham, North Carolina, United States.
McKissick-Melton, S. Charmaine was born on July 31, 1955 in Durham, North Carolina, United States.
Bachelor, U. North Carolina, 1977; Master of Arts, Northern Illinois U., 1978; postgraduate, U. Kentucky, 1993-1996.
Sales manager, WDUR-AM Radio, Durham, 1979-1983; account executive, WTVD-television 11, Durham, 1983; account executive, WKFT-television 40, Fayetteville, North Dakota, 1984-1985; office manager, Attorney M. Christopher Kemp, Senior, Lumberton, North Dakota, 1985-1988; learning disabled/extremely mentally handicapped teacher, Lumberton Junior High School, 1988; account executive, WQOK-FM Radio, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1989; instructor, Fayetteville State University, 1989; instructor, A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1988-1993; associate professor, Bennett College, Greensboro, since 1989. Visiting professor U. Notre Dame, Indiana, 1992.
Board of directors North Carolina Center for Study of Black History, Durham, 1989-1993, Durham Business and Professional Chain, 1990-1991, Women's Shelter for hope, Durham, 1989-1991, Southeastern Family Violence Center, Lumberton, 1985-1989. Member American Association of University Women, American Association of University Professors (Bennett College chapter founding member), Speech Comm. Association, Bennett College Faculty Senate (Executive Committee 1991-1993), Women in Comm.(faculty advisor 1989-1993), American Women in Radio and television (North Carolina chapter president 1985-1986).
Daughter of Floyd Bixler Senior and Evelyn C. (Williams) McKissick. Divorced 1990; children: Maceo Christopher Kemp Junior, Daniel Ernest Kemp.