I'm an Assistant Professor of History at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), and I serve as the principal investigator for the Digital PV Panther Project, a National Endowment for the Humanities grant-funded initiative to digitize and disseminate the archival collections at PVAMU. I've published peer-reviewed articles in the Public Historian and UNC-Chapel Hill's Southern Cultures journal, and I recently published several essays with the University Press of Mississippi. In addition, I'm the Executive Director of the Mt. Zion Memorial Fund, a Mississippi non-profit dedicated to historic preservation, participatory memorialization, and the responsible practice of public history. Recently, I was honored to accept an invitation to serve on the Society of Southwest Archivists State Partnerships and Outreach Committee, which gave me an award in 2021 to present my research at an academic conference, and I encourage other members of the SSA to attend the academic and professional meetings of allied professions to promote research in the archives. I want to thank the SSA for funding our efforts to build relationships in 2021, and I encourage other members to take advantage of this opportunity.