Awards and Recognition

Awards

• 2020 Ranked on RHSU Education Week’s Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings
• 2019 Rainbow Push Award for Excellence in Higher Education
• 2018 LSU Legend Award Recipients – A.P. Tureaud Sr. Black Alumni Chapter
• 2015 “Equity Champion Award” from the NYC Department of Education
• 2014 Penn State Black Alumni Reunion H. Jesse Arnelle / Cynthia A. Baldwin Outstanding Alumni Award
• 2014 & 2013 The Root 100
• 2014 The 30 Most Influential Forensic Psychologists Working Today emergency-management-degree.org
• 2013 Chart of the Day Winner & Chart of the Year Nominee: Black Men In College vs Prison. The Daily Dish. 
• 2013 Top 25 Forensic Psychology Professors, ForensicsColleges.com
• 2013 Diverse Magazine, Emerging Scholar
• 2011 Diopian Institute for Scholarly Advancement Award for Intellectual Initiative and Academic Action
• 2009 IMPACT Leader for the Month of April
• 2006 Featured on C-SPAN2 Books for “Black Sheep: When the American Dream becomes a Black Man’s Nightmare”
• 2005 Changing Facing Award for Outstanding Literature, EBONetworks, L.L.C. New Orleans, LA
• 2004 Young Research Investigator of the Year, Southern University and A & M College.
• 2003 WEB DuBois Fellowship Award, The US Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice.

Recognition

• Washington, A (2017, December). Introducing Dr. Ivory A. Toldson. HBCU Times 
• Martin, M. (2014, June). Do You Want The Truth, Or Do You Just Like Your Story Better? NPR News. http://www.npr.org/2014/06/11/320997355/do-you-want-the-truth-or-do-you-just-like-your-story-better
• Milloy, C. (2014, June). Young black males in the District are refusing to be counted out. Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/young-black-males-in-the-district-are-refusing-to-be-counted-out/2014/06/03/05cfc39a-eb56-11e3-b98c-72cef4a00499_story.html
• DuBois, J. (2013, June 19). Named one of 30 Leaders in The Fight for Black Men. http://www.newsweek.com/2013/06/19/obamas-former-spiritual-advisor-joshua-dubois-fight-black-men-237610.html. 
• Savali, K. W. (2012, January 13). Dr. Ivory Toldson Charts Black Successes, Not Failures NewsOne, from http://newsone.com/nation/kirstensavali/dr-ivory-toldson-charts-black-successes-not-failures/
• Freeman, S. Z. (2011, February). Professor Ivory Toldson Is Helping to Break Barriers. Capstone Magazine, from http://www.howard.edu/capstone/feb2011/feature2.html
• Clark, C. (2011). Interview with Dr. Ivory Toldson. Brotha Online.
• Martin, M. (2011, October 12). Debunking Black Marriage Myths. NPR News, from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=141267758
• Chideya, F. (2009, January 15). Inside The Mind Of A Criminal. NPR News, from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99405740
• Griffin, C. E. (2009). School matters: How African-American Males Can Succeed in School. New America Media from http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=c8ec8bec183f89091a61cdc015f1a6c8
• Roger, R. (2009, September 5). A simple map to school success. The Virginian-Pilot 
• The Washington Post. (2008, January 6, 2008). Ready for 2028, IVORY TOLDSON, 34, D.C. The Washington Post, p. N04, 2011 Featured in Howard University Capstone Magazine's "Professor Ivory Toldson Is Helping to Break Barriers"
• Bethea, G. S. (2007, Fall 2007). Improving the Lives of African American Males in the 21st Century. Quest Research at Howard University.