I am a Black woman and feminist scholar who agrees with Black feminist scholar and professor bell hooks that my "lived experience directly challenges the prevailing classist, sexist, racist social structure and its concomitant ideology." In this vein, I subscribe to a practice of inclusive pedagogy as I believe my role is to open doors and create safe and productive learning spaces for all students—of any racial, ethnic, social, or sexual identity—to feel like they are partners in developing an inclusive community. This belief guides me as I teach and mentor.
With this in mind, I have designed undergraduate and graduate courses for three different departments/programs—African American Studies, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and English and often work with students to prepare them for publication and conference presentations.
In an interview, I talk about the connections I see between my teaching and research.
With this in mind, I have designed undergraduate and graduate courses for three different departments/programs—African American Studies, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and English and often work with students to prepare them for publication and conference presentations.
In an interview, I talk about the connections I see between my teaching and research.
Teaching and Mentoring Recognition
- SITPA, Mentoring Program. Duke University.
- Girls Reaching Out Education Award, Student Organization, UNCG, 2009.
- Anthony “Tony” Ross award for dedication to and support of Black students, Northern Arizona University (NAU).
- Awarded by 2008 Black Student Convocation Planning Committee.
- Golden Axe Award, recognized by NAU graduates as Most Influential faculty, April 2007, 2008.
- Arizona African American Legislative Conference, Influential African Americans in Education, 2008.
- Recognized at NAU’s Black Student Convocation as Most Influential Faculty Member, 2006, 2007.
Curriculum Development
Courses developed and taught in Departments of English, Ethnic Studies, and African American Studies Programs
Courses Taught (Selective List)
* Indicates courses added to university catalogs and department/program curriculum
Courses developed and taught in Departments of English, Ethnic Studies, and African American Studies Programs
Courses Taught (Selective List)
* Indicates courses added to university catalogs and department/program curriculum
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Graduate
*African American Studies: African American Theoretical Perspectives (online) *African American Studies: African American Gender Studies (online) *English: African American Literature English: (Special Topic) African American Confinement Literature English: (Special Topic) African American Healing Literature |
Undergraduate
African American Studies: (Special Topic) Black Lives Matter *African American Studies: Africana Literature *African American Studies: Black Women in the US *Ethnic Studies: Africana Women *Ethnic Studies: Introduction to African American Studies Ethnic Studies: (Special Topic) African American Film and Literature *English: Introduction to African American Literature (in-person and online) English: (Special Topic) African American Women’s Protest Literature English: (Special Topic) African American Protest Literature English: (Special Topic) Africana Women’s Literature English: (Special Topic) Literature of Africa and the Diaspora English: (Special Topic) U.S. Multi-Ethnic Literature English: (Special Topic) Twentieth Century American Literature |
Educational Workshops
July 19 -August 1, 2015
Don't Deny My Voice: Black Poetry After the Black Arts Movement." University of Kansas.
June 13-24, 2010
CIEE International Seminar, "Challenges of a Developing Nation." Legon, Ghana.
February 2006
Red Rock Great Teaching Retreat. Kanab, Utah.
June 2002
"History and Memory of Civil Rights Movement." Summer Seminar. Dr. Valerie Smith, Facilitator. West Virginia State University.
Don't Deny My Voice: Black Poetry After the Black Arts Movement." University of Kansas.
June 13-24, 2010
CIEE International Seminar, "Challenges of a Developing Nation." Legon, Ghana.
February 2006
Red Rock Great Teaching Retreat. Kanab, Utah.
June 2002
"History and Memory of Civil Rights Movement." Summer Seminar. Dr. Valerie Smith, Facilitator. West Virginia State University.