Education

• Ph. D., Journalism History, University of Missouri School of Journalism, 2007
  • Graduate Minor Certification: Education Leadership/College Teaching
  • Graduate Minor Certification: Women & Gender Studies
• M.A., Broadcast Journalism, University of Missouri School of Journalism, 2002
• B.A., Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Asheville, 1995

Courses Taught

• History of the African American Media
• Fundamentals of Public Speaking
• Honors Introduction to Mass Media
• News Writing for Electronic Media
• Mass Media Law

Research Interests

• Journalism History with special interest in the Black Press & Minority Media
• Civil Rights History with special interest in the Southern Freedom Summer Movement
• Women's Studies with special interest in Black Feminism/Afro Pragmatic Womanism
• Oral History
• Cultural Criticism

Grants/Awards

• 2008 AJHA Margareat A. Blanchard Dissertation Award - Honorable Mention
• 2008 NEH W.E.B. DuBOIS Institute For African American Studies Summer Fellow/Harvard University
• MSU 2009 HARP Senior Research Fellow
• CCSA Teaching Abroad - Ghana, West Africa 2009
• MSU 2009 Eminet Scholar Nominee
• MSU 2010 Diversity Conference Grant Recipient
• CCSA Teaching Abroad Program - Ghana Africa 2009

Affiliated Organizations

• AEJMC - Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication
  • MAC (Minorities and Communication) Faculty Research
• AJHA - American Journalism Historians Association
  • Oral History Committee Member
• OHA - Oral History Association

Additional University Appointments

• Shackouls Honors College Faculty
• African and African American Studies Core Faculty