Jewel Woods

Jewel Woods is a Ph.D. student at the Mandel School of Applied Social Science at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio. He is the founder of The Renaissance Male Project Inc. and a New Voices Fellow 2005. He has made appearances on both national and regional television and radio shows, and print publications such as Essence magazine, the Toledo Blade, and the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Karen Hunter, a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist, has teamed up to write six bestsellers including: I Make My Own Rules (1997) with LL Cool J, Ladies First (1999) with Queen Latifah, Wendy’s Got Heat (2003), The Wendy Williams Experience (2004) with Wendy Williams, and On the Down Low (2004) with JL King. In addition to her books, Karen is also an Assistant Professor in the Film & Media Department at Hunter College.