Education
Ph.D. in Humanities/African American Studies, Clark Atlanta University
M.A. in Communication Studies, The University of Alabama
B.A. in Political Science/African American Studies, The University of Alabama

Teaching and Research Interests / Recent Publications or Scholarly Output
A true interdisciplinarian, I teach several humanistic disciplines – Communication, English, American Studies, and Interdisciplinary Studies. My research interests focus on the construction and performance of gendered and raced identities, specifically, Black masculine identities.

Recent Publications:

“Here They Come, Y’all:” Black Studies, Dr. Daniel Black, and Reflections from The Black School of Thought,” Research Issues in Contemporary Education, Special Issue 2025. Vol. 10, Issue 1

Lift Your Voice: Public Speaking in the HBCU Classroom, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, Spring 2023

“A Time to Weep: Employing Space and Place to Teach African American Literature,” Teaching American Literature: A Journal of Theory and Praxis, Winter 2023