August 2021 - Present | Clinical Assistant Professor, Sacred Heart University ‐ School of Social Work | |
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2018 - 2021 | Clinical Assistant Professor, Tulane University ‐ Social Work | |
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2017 - 2021 | Executive Director /Founder, Center for Resilient Individuals, Families & Communities | |
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Assistant Professor, Tennessee State University ‐ Social Work | ||
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2020 - 2020 | A Study of Reproductive Healthcare Needs and Barriers of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals |
Tulane University | |
Emily Schoenbaum Community Development Grant | |
Role: Project Co-Leader | |
2020 - 2020 | Saving Lives Including Our Own: Best Practices of Healing Informed Leadership among Black Women Reproductive Justice Leaders in the South |
Tulane University | |
Newcomb Faculty Grant | |
Role: Project Leader | |
2017 - 2018 | Perceived Self-Efficacy of Social Work Students of Color at Predominantly White Institutions |
University of Southern Indiana | |
Faculty Awards for Service, Teaching, and Research Committee Scholars in Service Grant | |
Role: Project Co-Leader | |
2017 - 2017 | Project L.I.F.E. |
WKU Center for Citizenship and Social Justice | |
Scholars in Service Grant | |
Role: Project Leader |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2018 - Present | Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LA | 2015 - Present | Licensed Clinical Social Worker, TN | 2019 - 2021 | Advisory Board-Member, National Bailout Collective | 2019 - 2019 | Guest Editor, Journal of Colorism Studies | 2016 - 2016 | Member, City YouthSpeak Poetry Program | Ad Hoc Peer Reviewer, Affilia, Journal of Women and Social Work | Member, National Association of Black Social Workers | Member, National Social Work Honor Society |
Honors and Awards
- Actively Changing Tomorrow Through Service (A.C.T.S)- Book Scholarship
- The Academic & Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health Fellowship
- Customer Service Award- Nashville VA Hospital
- Social Justice Fellowship
- SHADES Retreat Scholarship
- United Negro College Fund- Anna Bing Fellowship
M.S. Social Work, University of Tennessee, Knoxville | ||
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B.S. Social Work, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga | ||
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Ph.D. Social Work, Clark Atlanta University ‐ Whitney M. Young, Jr., School of Social Work | ||
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Links
Contact Information
Social Work
West Campus West Building
WCW*W3B302
203-903-2236
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