Karla D. Broadus
Higher Education
Karla Broadus, a widow, is the mother of two daughters Nikole and Shawntel, and the proud grandmother of four.
She is a graduate of Southern Illinois Univesity (BS), Pepperdine University (MA), and The University of Texas at San Antonio (MA).
Karla D. Broadus, a 2008 Yellow Rose of Texas Education Award, Blackbook Texas Educator of the Year 2020, the Retired Project Coordinator for African American Studies and Senior Lecturer within the Race Ethnicity, Gender Sexuality Dept, of the College of Education and Human Development and Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching Depts, at UTSA.
There is a proposed UTSA Black Student endowment in her name and received the UTSA UJIMA Faculty Award twice.
Karla is the UTSA Site Coordinator for the Ethnic Studies Education Academy Grant for the Mellon Foundation.
Karla co-authored the documents to establish the UTSA REGSS Department, foundation for the BA Degree in African American Studies, and established a scholarship for the program.
Awarded the Paul Robeson Award for Outstanding Faculty/Staff 1978, Southern Illinois University, Outstanding Minority Faculty/Staff Award UT Austin 1979, Teacher of the Year Sky Harbour Elementary 1995, AKA Sorority Southwestern Region Leadership and Education Award, 2018.
She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., St. Paul United Methodist Church, Alamo Alliance of African American School Educators, Alamo Citizen Advisory Council, and a board member for Impact San Antonio.
She is the President of Commonwealth Computer Company, Inc. with a 2015 Business Hall of Fame award.
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