CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

  • D. Candidate, English Literature, Howard University, Washington, DC December 2016
  • M.A. English Literature, Howard University, Washington, DC Thesis: The Hip-Hop Aesthetic in Black British Literature May 2007
  • B.A. English Special Emphasis Journalism, California State University, Long Beach, CA Dec. 2002

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Lecturer, Department of English Howard University, Washington, DC ​2015 - present
    -Course: African-American Literature From 1940 (ENG 055)
    -Course: Expository Writing and Literary Studies (ENG 102)
    -Course: Reflective Writing Portfolio (ENG 105)
  • Visiting Faculty Fellow, Department of English James Madison University, Harrionburg, VA ​Fall 2012 - Spring 2013
    -Course: Survey of African American Literature Honors (GENG 260H)
    -Course: Survey of African American Literature (GENG 260)
    -Course: African American Fiction Writers (ENG 361)
  • Teaching Associate, Department of English Howard University, Washington, DC ​Fall 2008 - Spring 2011
    -Course: Freshman English Composition (ENG 101)
  • Program/Teaching Assistant, Interdisciplinary Syracuse University Abroad, Paris, France ​Summer 2010 & 2011
    -Course: Paris Noir Seminar, Literature, Art and Contemporary Life
  • Lecturer, Department of English University of the D.C., Washington, DC Fall 2007 - Fall 2008
    -Course: Reading Improvement (ENG 014)
  • Lecturer, School of Medicine Howard University, Washington, DC Summer 2008
    Course: Communications 4 (COM 4B)
  • Teaching Assistant, Department of Af-Am Studies Howard University, Washington, DC Fall 2006- Spring 2007
    Course: Hip-Hop and the Black Experience (AFRO 17256)

CONFERENCES & TALKS

  • Panelist. “Text Mining Race and Travel in Chester Himes’s Ne nous enervons pas!, The Heat’s On, and Come Back Charleston Blue.” Noire is the New Noir Conference, American University of Paris, Paris France, November 2016.
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  • Panelist. “Mapping Narratives of Reversal in Baldwin’s Paris.’” International James Baldwin Conference, American University of Paris, Paris, France, May 2016.
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  • Invited Guest. “The Impact of Martin Luther King and Selma.” Larry Yates: As Is. UBN. Sunset Gower Studios. Hollywood, CA, January 2015.
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  • Special Guest. "A Haven for Black Writers." Larry Yates As Is. Sunset Gower Studios. Hollywood, California (August 2014).
  • Panelist. Redefining Mentorship, Redefining the Professional, MLA Convention, Boston, Massachusetts, (January 2013)
  • Panelist. “Hip-Hop Aesthetics and Social/Political Unrest.” “Other” Cultures Within: Beyond the Naming of Things,” Library of Congress, Washington, District of Columbia (April 2012)
  • Panelist. Issues Facing Graduate Students of Color in the Profession. MLA Convention, Seattle, Washington (January 2012)
  • Invited Guest. Media Training Workshop. Rosemary G. Feal. MLA Convention, Seattle, Washington, (January 2012)
  • Panelist. “Lying, Spying, and Buying: The Desire to Civilize in the Soloist.” PCA/ACA Conference. San Antonio, Texas (April 2011)
  • Panelist. “Lying, Spying, and Buying: The Desire to Civilize in the Soloist.” PAMLA Conference. Chaminade University, Honolulu, Hawaii (November 2010)
  • Moderator. “Retracing, Retrieving and Translating the Routes of the Past.” Toni Morrison Society Conference. La Bellevilloise, Paris, France (November 2010)
  • Panelist. “Cross Streets and Crossroads: Eshu and the African-American-Parisian Tradition in Jake Lamar's Rendezvous Eighteenth.” CLA Conference. Brooklyn College, New York, New York (April 2010)
  • Presenter. “Cross Streets and Crossroads: Eshu and the African-American-Parisian Tradition in Jake Lamar's Rendezvous Eighteenth.” Graduate Research Colloquia. Howard University, Washington, DC (March 2010)
  • Invited Guest. Roundtable with the Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Profession. MLA Conference. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (December 2009)
  • Keynote Panelist. “Toni Morrison’s A Mercy: A Declaration of Independence.” Howard University Department of English Heart’s Day, Washington, DC (February 2009)
  • Panelist. “Victimization of the Innocent in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye.” A Symposium on Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye. Howard University, Washington, DC (October 2008)
  • Panelist. Portraits of Black Music: Works by Photographer Jonathan French and Artist Edward C. Keith, III. The Alexandria Black History Museum, Alexandria, VA (June 2007)
  • Panelist. “‘Scrutinize My Literature’: The Hip Hop Aesthetic in Zadie Smith’s On Beauty.” Howard University Research Symposium, Washington, DC (April 2006)

HONORS

  • Graduate School Fellowship, Howard University 2008-2014
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  • Preparing Future Faculty Fellowship, Howard University 2012-2013.
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  • Sponsored Student Scholarship, DHWI, University of Maryland College Park 2012.
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  • Travel Grant, Modern Language Association 2011.
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  • Reginald Lewis Travel Fund, Howard University 2010.
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  • Ivan Earle Taylor Scholarship, 2009
  • Syracuse University Abroad Scholarship, 2009
  • Individual Website Award, Sigma Tau Delta, 2008
  • 1st Place Master's Oral Presentation Award, Graduate Research Symposium, 2006
  • Summer Frederick Douglass Scholarship, 2005
  • 2nd Place Master's Oral Presentation Award, Graduate Research Symposium, 2005

PUBLICATIONS

  • “A Finding Aid for the James A. Emanuel Special Collection at the American Library in Paris.” American Library in Paris, November, 2016.
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  • “Mapping Narratives of Reversal in ‘Baldwin’s Paris’” Spec. Issue of College Language Association Journal. September, 2016.
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  • “A Graduate Student Guide to the MLA Annual Convention.” Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Profession. Co-author Atia Sattar. New York: MLA, 2012
  • “Literary Fiction.” The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Literature. Ed. Tarshia Stanley. Westport: Greenwood Press, 2009

MEMBERSHIPS

  • College Language Association
  • International Society for the Study of Narrative
  • Modern Language Association
  • Sigma Tau Delta
  • Toni Morrison Society

SERVICE

  • Board Member, Robin-Lane, Inc. 2016.
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  • Elected. Nominating Committee. MLA, 2013-2014
  • Undergraduate Faculty Advisor. Africana Studies Conference. James Madison University, 2012
  • Appointed. Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Profession. MLA, 2010-2012
  • Vice President. Graduate English Student Association, Howard University, 2010-2012
  • Judge. Undergraduate Research Symposium. Howard University, 2009 & 2010
  • Data Team Leader. Student First Campaign. Howard University, Spring 2009.
  • Planning Committee. Graduate Research Symposium. Howard University, Spring 2005.

SKILLS

  • Digital Pedagogy Lab, Praxis Track, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
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  • Seshat: A Howard University Digital Humanities Initiative
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  • “Large-Scale Text Analysis with R,” University of Maryland College Park, Certification January 2013
  • “Creating Digital Humanities Projects for the Mobile Environment,” University of Victoria, Certification June 2012
  • HTML,MicroSoft Office, Camtasia Blackboard, Google Earth, Panopto, etc.

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