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EDUCATION
Ph.D. Communication
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Emphasis: Rhetoric
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University of Memphis; Memphis, Tennessee
M.Div. Religious Studies/Theology
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Memphis Theological Seminary; Memphis, Tennessee
B.S. Communication
University of Tennessee at Martin; Martin, Tennessee
ADMINISTRATIVE RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS and FELLOWSHIPS:
July 15, 2024-July 19, 2024: Scholar-in-Residence: Institute for Faculty Development. National Communication Association. Duquesne University. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
March 2024-Present: Faculty Mentor for the Community Witnessing and Social Justice Doctor of Ministry (DMin.) Program at Memphis Theological Seminary. Memphis, Tennessee
August 2023-Present: Andrew Mellon Just Transformations Senior Satellite Partner: Center for Black Digital Research: The Colored Convention Project. Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania
October 2022-Present: Legacy Renovation Scholar. National Civil Rights Museum. Memphis, Tennessee.
GRANTS
The Fine Arts, Humanities, & Social Science Pilot Program: University of Memphis
$1500.00 Professional Indexing Grant for the manuscript, The Summer of 2020: George Floyd and the Resurgence of the Black Lives Matter Movement (2024)
Waterhouse Family Institute: Villanova University
$10,318 for our project “Black Lives Matter: Perspectives from the Ground.” (2021) *with Amanda Nell Edgar
Research Cultivation Grant: National Communication Association
$7,115 for our project “Black Lives Matter: Perspectives from the Ground.” (2020) *with Amanda Nell Edgar
The Fine Arts, Humanities, & Social Science Pilot Program: University of Memphis
$850.00 Professional Indexing Grant for the manuscript, No Future in this Country: The Prophetic Pessimism of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner (2020)
Research Grant Award: American Academy of Religion.
$600.00 total award for the Henry McNeal Turner Project, 2020
AWARDS
Activism and Social Justice Community Engagement Award: Activism and Social Justice Division of the National Communication Association, 2024
Michael M. Osborn Teacher-Scholar Award: Southern States Communication Association, 2024
Orlando L. Taylor Distinguished Scholarship Award in Africana Communication
National Communication Association, 2023
Presidential Citation: National Communication Association, 2023
Outstanding Community Activism, Engagement, and Service Award: Spiritual Communication Division of the National Communication Association: 2023
Benjamin W. Rawlins Jr. Meritorious Professorship Award
College of Communication and Fine Arts
University of Memphis, 2023
Dean’s Outstanding Research Award
College of Communication and Fine Arts
University of Memphis, 2023
Molefi K. Asante Excellence in Black Scholarship Award
African American Communication and Culture Division of the
National Communication Association, 2022
Cheryl Geisler Award for Outstanding Mentor
Rhetoric Society of America, 2022
Graduate Student Association Mentor Award
University of Memphis, 2022