Lectures Virtual Events in March 2021 I'm doing some virtual events in March. All of these are free and open to the public. Join me if you can!
In Pursuit Featured 2020 Outstanding Book Award *In Pursuit of Knowledge* wins the 2020 Outstanding Book Award from the History of Education Society.
In Pursuit In Pursuit of Knowledge Winner of the 2020 Mary Kelley Book Prize from the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (SHEAR).
Research Voting Enslaved and free Blacks voted for their own representatives in eighteenth-century New England. 150 years later, Black women in New England were fighting for voting rights, too. The struggle continues.
Research Accolades In July 2020, I spoke with Laura Knoy from NHPR's “The Exchange" about my book, In Pursuit of Knowledge (NYU Press, 2019).
Lectures Weighing in on the Statue Controversy I shared my views on the statue controversy in the United States.
Lectures Recruiting & Retaining Faculty of Color 10+1 suggestions on how to recruit and retain faculty of color
Research Featured Second Book Project: Justice, Law, Democracy in a Biography! Robert Morris, an advocate for justice
Research Featured Coupon There is a 30% discount off the price of my book when purchased directly through the NYU Press website.
In Pursuit Featured My Book My book will be published in December 2019! It's available for pre-order now.
Lectures Forten Day I'll be participating in the Charlotte Forten Day event at Salem State University on March 7th.
Teaching Time in African American Literature & Culture This spring 2019, I am teaching an introductory course on time and place in African American literature, culture, and history.
Research New Hampshire Public Radio I gave a radio interview about my forthcoming book, In Pursuit of Knowledge: Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America.
Lectures The Women's Movement In September 2018, I gave a talk on women artists in early twentieth century Boston, including Gertrude Fiske and Lois Mailou Jones.
Lectures Salem Black Picnic: History & Legacy I gave a talk in July 2018 at the House of the Seven Gables on the history and legacy of the Salem Black Picnic.
Research African Americans in Essex County, MA I have been awarded a $100,000 grant from the National Park Service and the Organization of American Historians to support the public humanities project, African Americans in Essex County, MA.
Research Women's Education circa the 1830s The Journal of Social History recently published my article.
Teaching Black New England This course explores African American life and culture in New England, from the late eighteenth century to the early twentieth century.
Lectures Featured Lectures I teach, research, and lecture on topics such as school desegregation, African American women's history, women's activism, antebellum social movements, and public humanities.
Teaching Narratives of Freedom in the Atlantic World This course explores the literary, social, historical, and political significance of narratives written by enslaved African Americans in the nineteenth century Atlantic world.
Research Book Under Contract I'm delighted to share some great news: my book is under contract with New York University Press!
Research Revise & Resubmit It's par for the course in academia: a scholar submits an article manuscript to a journal and, more often than not, the editor of said journal outright rejects the article.