BHM x Black Table Talk
Hi Everyone, This Friday, Feb. 19th at 12pm CST, I’ll be joining my Minn State Colleagues for another edition of the Black Table Talk. This event is free and open
At The Intersections
I had a great time tonight chatting with the folks at Salem College about intersectionality. Many thanks to the (graduate) students for their thoughtful questions. 🙂 I believe you can
UMN Institutional Betrayal Talk
I’m so excited to be joining my colleagues down the road at UMN to discuss institutional betrayal in a couple weeks.
Publication Alert: “What Do We Know About Campus Sexual Violence? A Content Analysis of 10 Years of Research”
I’m late getting my site updated, but what else is new? Nevertheless, I’m excited to share a recent article I collaborated on that is now published in The Review of
Watch Now: The Minn State- Black Table Talk
Earlier this afternoon, I joined several of my colleagues from across the Minnesota State system to talk about all things Black women and equity. If you weren’t able to join
AAUW American Fellowship Award
I am honored to announce I have been awarded a 2020-2021 AAUW American Fellowship: Short Term Research Publication Grant!
AABHE: 2020 Dissertation of the Year
This week, the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education (AABHE) announced that I was selected as their first place 2020 Dissertation of the Year award winner.
New Publication Alert: “…Experiences of Muslim College Students at a Public University in the U.S. South”
Perhaps the most heartbreaking part of writing this project was our forced scholarly shift. As noted in our manuscript, “Originally, we intended to conduct semi-structured qualitative interviews with Muslim international students from the countries listed in Executive Order No. 13769… However, as we reached out to various campus offices to contact these students, we learned they were unable to assist us due to a policy enacted by the Board of Regents in the wake of the Executive Order No. 13769” (Whitehead, Smith, Williams & McDaniel, 2019). Research is political and this is an attempt to work within a relative set of arbitrarily enforced rules and culture of fear. Dear Muslim International students, I am, like many of us are, trying to see you, hear you, and center you.
Catch me at #MCPA2019!
Tomorrow, 10/31/ 2019, I will be presenting at the Minnesota College Professionals Association annual conference. The first session is a panel on women of color in leadership and their career mobility as higher education/ student affairs professionals. The second session, based on my dissertation, examines institutional betrayal and how campus leaders fail to retain Black women as a result of this.
2019 SACSA Dissertation of the Year Award Winner!
A couple of weeks ago, SACSA announced me as their 2019 Dissertation of the Year Award winner. I will be sharing the findings from my dissertation study at the 2019