Howard McCalebb is an African-American abstract sculptor. He received his M.F.A. in Sculpture from Cornell University in 1972, and his B.A. in Sculpture from California State University, Hayward in 1970.

McCalebb has taught fine art at San Jose State University in California; the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Amherst College - the University of North Carolina at Greensboro - Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey - the New Jersey City University in New Jersey -  Hunter College, Cornell University - the Graduate School of Pratt Institute and the Parsons School of Design, in New York City.