Garrard McClendon (born February 10, 1966) is an American professor, writer, filmmaker, and the host of the PBS show ''CounterPoint with Garrard McClendon''. He was the host of ''The McClendon Report'' and ''Garrard McClendon Live'' on CLTV, and earned the Emmy Award for his show ''Off 63rd with Garrard McClendon'' on

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. McClendon earned a Ph.D. from

Loyola University Chicago Loyola University Chicago (Loyola or LUC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1870 by the Society of Jesus, Loyola is one of the largest Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Cathol ...

in Cultural and Educational Policy Studies. He also holds degrees from

Wabash College Wabash College is a private liberal arts men's college in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Founded in 1832 by several Dartmouth College graduates and Midwestern leaders, it enrolls nearly 900 students. The college offers an undergraduate liberal arts cur ...

and

Valparaiso University Valparaiso University (Valpo) is a private university in Valparaiso, Indiana. It is a Lutheran university with about 3,000 students from over 50 countries on a campus of . Originally named Valparaiso Male and Female College, Valparaiso Universit ...

. He is an associate professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at

Chicago State University Chicago State University (CSU) is a predominantly black public university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1867 as the Cook County Normal School, it was an innovative teachers college. Eventually the Chicago Public Schools assumed control of t ...

. He is the author of the book ''Ax Or Ask? the African American Guide to Better English''. Garrard McClendon's parents were murdered in 2009. The murderer was given a 120-year sentence. He made the documentary ''Forgiving Cain'' in his parents' honor. McClendon published ''Donda's Rules: The Scholarly Works of Dr. Donda West - Mother of Kanye West'' in 2019. In 2013, McClendon had enlisted the students in his Philosophy of Education classes to help him mine various archives for

Donda West Donda C. West ( Williams; July 12, 1949 – November 10, 2007) was an American professor and chair of Chicago State University's Department of English, Communications, Media and Theater. She was the mother of rapper Kanye West, Ye, better known ...

’s full body of work: “The students did a wonderful job helping me find all of this archival material. We’re talking her scholarly works, her dissertation, her master’s thesis. We found personal notes of hers, poems of hers, hundreds of hours of her audio speeches. So in those six years, we’re compiling, we’re editing, and having conference calls with Kanye,” McClendon recounted. In 2020, McClendon published ''President Thug: How the Father of 45,000 Lies Fleeced, Finagled, Phished, and Fooled Friends, Flunkies, Fawners, and Followers Into the Fiery Flames of Dante's Inferno - Donald Trump's Obsession With Hell''.

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