CURRICULUM VITAE

KIMBERLY J. CHANDLER, Ph.D., PLPC

4621 Willow Cove G-10 | Allen Park, MI 48101 | 313.570.0783

DrKim@KimberlyChandler.com

EDUCATION

PhD in Communication Studies – December, 2007

Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Advisor & Dissertation Committee Chair: Dr. Mary Garrett
Dissertation Title: How to Become a ‘BlackMan’: Exploring African American
Masculinities and the Performance of Gender

Master of Arts in Counseling – May, 2020

Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Specialization: Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Master of Arts in Communication – May, 2004

Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication – May, 2002

Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Psychotherapist: 2021 – present

Camellia Green Counseling, LLC, New Orleans, LA

Counselor: 2000 – 2021

BACH Therapeutic Services, New Orleans, LA

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Visiting Professor: 2020 – present

Department of Communication Studies
Texas Southern University, Houston, TX
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Instructional Professor: 2019 – 2020

Department of Women and Gender Studies
Department of African American Studies
The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

Affiliate Faculty: 2019 – present

Department of Communication
Miami University, Oxford, OH

Associate Professor: 2016 – 2018| Interim Dept Chair: 2009 | Asst Professor: 2007 – 2016
Department of Communication Studies
Affiliate Faculty, Women and Gender Studies Program: 2007– 2018
Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA

Visiting Faculty: 2015 – 2016

Memphis Theological Seminary, Memphis, TN

Adjunct Faculty: 2004 – 2005

Baker College, Allen Park MI

Graduate Teaching Assistant: 2004 – 2007

King-Chavez-Parks Fellow: 2004 – 2007 | Adjunct Faculty: 2003 – 2004
Department of Communication
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

COURSES TAUGHT

 Introduction to Women’s Studies*

 Introduction to Gender Studies*
 Oral Communication: Women and Gender (Special Section)
 African American Experience II*
 Critical Race and Ethnicity*
 Oral Interpretation of Literature: Black Women/Black Voices (Special Section)
 Introduction to Women’s Studies: Black Women in America (Special Section)*
 Rhetoric of Race, Class and Gender: Black Men’s Lives (Special Section)
 Gender and Communication*
 African American Performance and Pulpit Rhetoric
 Interpersonal Communication*
 Communication Studies Capstone
 Introduction to Rhetorical Criticism
 Fundamentals of Communication*
 Fundamentals of Communication Honors*+
 Persuasive Speaking
 Business and Professional Communication*
 Introduction to Cultures and Rhetorics*
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 Intercultural Communication
 Group Dynamics in Communication
 Health Communication*
 Professional Writing*
 Freshman Seminar I and Freshman Seminar II+

* Course also taught in Online and/or Hybrid Format

+Service Learning Course

SCHOLARSHIP

Publications

Chandler, K. (2018). She Found God In Herself, She Found We: Performing Healing through
Black Feminist Communion. In Davis, T. (Ed.). Study Guide: For Colored Girls… For colored
girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf: A vivid reimagining of a
groundbreaking classic. St. Paul, MN: Penumbra Theater Company.

Chandler, K. (2016). Creole Queen: Beyonce and Performances of Plaçage in the New
Millennium. In Trier- Bieniek, A. (Ed.). The Beyoncé Effect: Connecting Gender, Race and
Body Politics. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Publishing Company.

Chandler, K. (2016). Teaching To Transform: Voice, Pedagogy and the Liberatory Classroom.
Feminist Spaces 2.2, Spring/Summer 2016, 106-117.

Chandler, K. (2015). Knight in Shining Blackness: Exploring the Performance of Black

Masculinity in Tyler Perry Films. In Johnson, B. (Ed). The Problematic Tyler Perry. New York,
NY: Peter Lang Publishing.

Chandler, K. (2015). Black Women In Ministry: Divine Wombs and Divine Contradictions. In
Bebelle, C. and King-Hammond, L. (Eds.). Ashe to Amen: Exploring the Enduring Spirituality
of People of African Descent. New Orleans, LA: Ashe Cultural Arts Center.

Gendrin, D. M., & Chandler, K. (2012). Interethnic encounters between African American and
Vietnamese American students in the HBCU context. Human Communication 15, 2, 103 - 119.

Chandler, K. (2011). How To Become A ‘BlackMan’: Exploring African American

Masculinities and the Performance of Gender. In Jackson, R. and Hopson, M. (Eds.)
Masculinity in the Black Imagination. New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing.

Chandler, K. (2011). Searching for the ‘NewBlackWoman’: One Single, African American
Professor’s Experience with the Strong Black Woman Myth. In Gilchrist, E. (Ed). Experiences
of Single African-American Women Professors: With This Ph.D., I thee Wed. Langham, MD:
Lexington Books.
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Pensoneau, S. (2006). COM 1010 Public Speaking Supplement (2nd ed.). Plymouth, MI: Hayden-
McNeil Publishing. (publication contributor)

Anzicek, A., Arnold, J., Chandler, K. J., & Maguire, K. Eds. (2004). COM 1010 Public Speaking
Course Supplement. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Company

MCADSV (2003). A Vision for Prevention: Key Issues and Statewide Recommendations for the
Primary Prevention of Violence Against Women in Michigan. Okemos, MI: Michigan Coalition
Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. (publication contributor)

Creative Scholarship

Chandler, K. and Bennett, G. (2017). NOLA Black Pride: A Multimedia Exhibition.

Photographic art and ethnographic narratives from the research project entitled “Performing
Resistance in the Big Easy: Social Justice and the African American LGBTQ Community in
New Orleans.” Xavier University of Louisiana, April – May, 2017, New Orleans, LA

Chandler, K. “Confessions of an exSuperwoman: A One Woman Show.” Premiered, The

Valiant Theater, April, 2016, Arabi/New Orleans, LA.

Conference Papers/Performances

Chandler, K. “Old Story, New Confessions: A Staged Reading and Discussion of New Works
from Confessions of an Ex-Superwoman.” National Association of African American Studies
and Affiliates, Dallas, TX, February 2017

Chandler, K. & Vander, R. “Confessions of an Ex-Superwoman: A Public Dialogue and Staged

Reading on Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and the Production of Performance Autocritography.”
North Carolina Central University Women and Gender Studies Conference, Durham, NC,
March, 2017

Chandler, K. Hands Up, Don’t Shoot!: Rhetoric and the Gendering of the New-Old Civil Rights
Movement, National Communication Association, November, 2015, Las Vegas, NV.

Gendrin, D. M. & Chandler, K. “Your College Is Not Like Mine: Interethnic Encounters
Between African American and Vietnamese American Students in the HBCU Context, National
Association of African American Studies, February, 2012, Baton Rouge, LA.

Chandler, K. “Barack Obama: Performing Black Masculinity in ‘Post Racial’ America,”

National Communication Association, November, 2009, Chicago, IL

Chandler, K. “How to Become a ‘BlackMan’: African American Masculinities and the

Performance of Gender,” National Communication Association (competitive paper), November,
2008, San Diego, CA
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Chandler, K. “Is Superwoman A Black Girl?: The Strong Black Woman Myth and
Performances of Identity,” National Communication Association (competitive paper),
November, 2007, Chicago, IL

Chandler, K. “Superwoman Was A Black Girl”: Exploring the Communication of Identity

through the Strong Black Woman Myth,” International Public Memory and Ethnicity
Conference, October, 2007, Portland, OR

Chandler, K. “Just Call Me Superwoman”: Communication, Identity, and the Strong Black
Woman Myth,” National Association of African American Studies & Affiliates Conference,
February, 2007, Baton Rouge, LA

Chandler, K. Superwoman, Black Girls and Other Stories You Tell: A Pilot Study on Identity
and the Strong Black Woman Myth. 5th Biennial International Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s)
Conference, Michigan Technological University, October, 2005, Houghton, MI

Chandler, K. Kwame Kilpatrick: The Making of a “Hip-Hop Mayor.” DFI-KCP Joint Fellows
Conference, November, 2004, Lincolnshire, IL

Invited Performances

Chandler, K. (guest performer) “Promise Estates.” The Music Box Village, October, 2018, New
Orleans, LA.

Chandler, K. (featured keynote performance) “Confessions of an exSuperwoman: The Touring

Performance and Talkback.” North Carolina Central University, March, 2018, Durham, NC

Chandler, K. (guest faculty performer) “This Is Where We Turn Back.” Command Performance
by Xavier Performance Studies Laboratory, Xavier University Presidential Inauguration, Xavier
University of Louisiana, March, 2015, New Orleans, LA

Chandler, K. (guest performer/music consultant) “The Vagina Monologues.” Ashe Cultural Arts
Center Theater, April, 2014, New Orleans, LA

Scholarly Presentations

Guest Presenter, Gender, Whiteness and Justice in the Black Academy: A Case Study.
Democratizing Knowledge/Mellon Summer Institute at Spelman College, June, 2018, Atlanta,
GA.

Panel Presenter, Black and Brown in the Era of Trump: Communicating Policing and Gender In
America, National Communication Association, November, 2017, Dallas, TX

Presenter, NOLA4LIFE: Exploring Comprehensive Violence Production and Reduction

Strategies in African American Males. The Aspen Conference on Engaged Scholarship, July,
2015, Aspen, CO
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Panel Presenter, Academics on the Edge: Engaging Communication Theory and Research in a
Dialogue about Work-Life (Im)Balance, National Communication Association, November, 2014,
Chicago, IL

Workshop Facilitator, Communication Skills for Effective Preaching, Christian Unity Baptist
Church, Minister’s Workshop, October, 2014, New Orleans, LA

Guest Lecturer, Negotiating Black Masculinities and the Performance of Gender, Xavier
University of Louisiana, PSYC 2110 Human Sexuality, October, 2014, New Orleans, LA

Guest Lecturer, Effective Communication Skills, Ashe College Unbound, Charter Oak State
College, October - November, 2013, New Orleans, LA

Guest Lecturer, Effective Communication Skills, Ashe College Unbound, Charter Oak State
College, September - November, 2012, New Orleans, LA

Presenter, Institutionalizing Service Learning on an HBCU Campus, National Communication

Association, November, 2011, New Orleans, LA

Guest Lecturer, Genderlect Theory, Xavier University of Louisiana, CMST 3010 Introduction to
Communication Theory, November, 2011, New Orleans, LA

Guest Lecturer, Effective Health Communication, Xavier University of Louisiana, PHLT 1001
Introduction to Public Health, October, 2011, New Orleans, LA

Guest Lecturer, American Citizenship: Living Between the Tensions of Difference and
Diversity, Xavier University of Louisiana Citizenship/Constitution Day, September, 2010, New
Orleans, LA

Presenter, Single African American Female Professors’ Discourses of Stability and Change,
National Communication Association, November, 2009, Chicago, IL

Co-Presenter, Rethinking Academic Identities: A Model for Departmental Service-Learning,

Gulf South Summit on Service Learning and Civic Engagement, March 2009, Baton Rouge, LA

Presenter/Panel Organizer, African American Masculinities and the Performance of Gender:

Expanding the Discussion, National Communication Association, November, 2008, San Diego,
CA

Presenter, An Unconventional Marriage to the Academy: Exploring Professor Success and

Relationship Costs from the African American Female Perspective, National Communication
Association, November, 2008, San Diego, CA
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Co-Presenter, 2008 International Faculty Seminar: Race and Nation: The Social Construction of
National and Racial Identities in the United States and South Africa, 2008 UNCF/Mellon
Mentors and Coordinators’ Conference, October, 2008, Washington, D. C.

Presenter, Research Circle: Colored People: Performing Race in a ‘Post Racial’ World, 2008
UNCF/Mellon Mentors and Coordinators’ Conference, October, 2008, Washington, D. C.

Presenter, Incorporating Oral Assignments Into Your Class: Best Practices, Freshman Seminar
Workshop, Xavier University of New Orleans, August, 2008, New Orleans, LA

Co-Presenter, The Global Reality of Hip Hop, Across Curriculum Thinking Brown Bag Session,
Xavier University of Louisiana, April, 2008, New Orleans, LA

Guest Lecturer, The Culture and Rhetoric of Black Preaching, COM 6050 Culture(s) and
Rhetoric(s), Department of Communication, Wayne State University, March, 2007, Detroit, MI

Guest Lecturer, Gender and Education in America, presented to COM 6060 Teaching
Communication in Secondary Education, Wayne State University, November, 2005, Detroit, MI

Guest Lecturer, The Rhetoric of Black Preaching, COM 6050 Culture(s) and Rhetoric(s),
Department of Communication, Wayne State University, September, 2005, Detroit, MI

Guest Lecturer, Effective Academic Presentation Skills, Fine Arts Seminar, College for Creative
Studies, April, 2005, Detroit, MI

Guest Lecturer, Emotional Appeals and Persuasive Speaking, presented to COM 6060 Teaching
Communication in Secondary Education, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI; May, 2004

Guest Lecturer, Providing Motivational Feedback To The Underprepared Student, presented to

COM 7810 Teaching Seminar in Communication Education, Wayne State University, Detroit,
MI; November, 2003

Invited Presentations

Panelist, Peace/Anti-Violence Strategies in Higher Education, National Association for

Peace/Anti-Violence Education 19th Annual Conference, Dillard University, March 2018, New
Orleans, LA

Panelist, Madness and the Mind, New Orleans Pharmacy Museum, May, 2016, New Orleans,
LA.

Presenter/Moderator, Say Her Name: A Women’s Studies Event, Women’s Studies Program,
Xavier University of Louisiana, March, 2016, New Orleans, LA.
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Panelist, #MensHealthMatters Summit, Counseling and Wellness Center, Xavier University of

Louisiana, September, 2015, New Orleans, LA.

Presenter/Moderator, American Denial: Post-Screening Discussion, Ashe Cultural Arts Center,

New Orleans, LA, February, 2015, New Orleans, LA.

Presenter/Moderator, sayNOLA: Beyond Ferguson, Department of Communication Studies,

Xavier University of Louisiana, December, 2014, New Orleans, LA.

Presenter/Moderator, “Daughters of Domestics: Poets and Academics Respond to The Help”,

Communication Studies/Women’s Studies Programs, Xavier University of New Orleans,
October, 2011, New Orleans, LA.

Workshop Facilitator/Presenter, The Elevator Pitch: Engaging Effective Presentation Strategies,

Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans (SENO), October, 2011, New Orleans, LA.

Presenter/Moderator, “Social Media, Social Justice”, Rising Tide Conference, Xavier University
of New Orleans, 2011, New Orleans, LA.

Guest Facilitator/Presenter, Black Men and Healing, 2025 Black Men and Boys Initiative-New
Orleans, September, 2011, New Orleans, LA

Guest Facilitator/Presenter, “SpeakSpace Project”, Institution of Women and Ethnic Studies

(IWES) Annual Red Tent Event, April 2011, New Orleans, LA.

Workshop Facilitator/ Presenter, Engaging Effective Presentation Strategies, Institution of

Women and Ethnic Studies (IWES) Media Advocates for Prevention (MAP), January, 2011,
New Orleans, LA.

Presenter, Accessing the Power of Public Speaking, West Jefferson Behavioral & Mental Health,
September, 2009, Gretna, LA

Presenter, How To Effectively Prepare for a Successful College Journey, National Baptist
Congress of Christian Education, Youth Division, June, 2009, Detroit, MI

Presenter/Coordinator, Student Symposium on Globalization and Public Discourse, Xavier

University, April, 2008, New Orleans, LA

Presenter/Presentation Evaluator, Scholarly Presentations, COM 6350 Communication, Culture,

and Conflict, Wayne State University, November 2006, Detroit, MI

Presenter, From Bachelors to Masters to Doctorate: Managing Your Academic Journey,

President’s Commission on the Status of Women Education Day, Wayne State University,
March, 2005, Detroit, MI
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Presenter, Graduate Education Day, Wayne State University Graduate College, March, 2005,
Detroit, MI

Presenter, Nurse Professionals Program, Wayne State University College of Nursing, December,
2004, Detroit, MI

Presenter, Providing Motivational Feedback To The Underprepared Student, presented to the

Academic Success Summit & Annual Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI;
February, 2004

Presenter, Preparing Your College Admission Application: Essay Writing, presented to the
Upward Bound Program Annual Financial Aid Workshop, Wayne State University, February,
2002

HONORS and AWARDS

 UNCF/Mellon Domestic Faculty Seminar Fellow, Atlanta, GA; 2017

 Chi Sigma Iota Counseling Academic & Professional Honor Society International
Inductee; Bradley University, 2016 - present
 UNCF/Mellon Foundation International Faculty Seminar Fellow, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil;
2014
 The Aspen Institute Wye Faculty Seminar Fellow, Queenstown, MD, 2010
 International Mellon Fellow, Salzburg Global Seminar, Salzburg, Austria; 2009
 UNCF/Mellon Foundation International Faculty Seminar Fellow, Cape Town, South
Africa; 2008
 Wayne State University Department of Communication Research Award; 2007
 Wayne State University Humanities Center Graduate Student Research Award; 2007,
2005
 Wayne State University Harriett Kanter Research Award; 2005
 Wayne State University Department of Communication Research Award; 2005
 Lambda Pi Eta Academic Honor Society International Inductee, Wayne State University;
2001 – 2004

GRANTS

 Waterhouse Family Institute Student Grant at Villanova University (Faculty

Advisor/Collaborator): Performing Resistance in The Big Easy: Social Justice and the
African American LGBTQ Community in New Orleans; 2016 ($10,000)
 Xavier University Center for Undergraduate Research (CUR) Faculty-Student Research
Circle Grant: Exploring Strategies for Violence Reduction in African American Males;
2015 ($26,000)
 Xavier University QEP Mini-Grant: WMST 1030 Introduction to Women’s Studies:
Black Women in America Online Reading Community Project; 2015 ($300)
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 Xavier University Center for Undergraduate Research (CUR) Enhancement Grant:

Exploring GLBTQ Black Males on an HBCU Campus; 2014 ($1,200)
 Xavier University Center for Undergraduate Research (CUR) Enhancement Grant: Black
Masculinity Project; 2012 ($1,500)
 Xavier University Center for Undergraduate Research (CUR) Grant: Exploring the
Nature of Interethnic Relationships on an HBCU Campus (w/Dr. Dominique Gendrin);
2011 ($10,000)
 Xavier University Center for Undergraduate Research (CUR) Grant: Exploring Southern
Black Lesbians and the Performance of Gender; 2011 ($15,000)
 UNCF/Mellon Foundation, Teaching and Learning Institutes Grant: Xavier University
Women’s Studies Conference; Gendered Perspectives: Recent Scholarship on Culture
and Social Justice; 2010 ($30,000)
 Faculty Community of Teaching Scholars Course Revision Grant, Xavier University of
Louisiana; 2009 ($5,000)
 Xavier University CUR: Exploring African American Women and the Strong Black
Woman Myth; 2007 ($2,500)
 Wayne State University (WSU) Course Revision Project Grant; 2007 ($1,000)
 Wayne State University Summer Dissertation Fellowship, 2007 ($5,000)
 Wayne State University Communication Department PhD Enhancement Fellowship;
2007 ($14,000)
 King-Chavez-Parks Future Faculty Fellowship, Wayne State University; 2004-2007
($35,000)

MEMBERSHIPS

 National Communication Association

 National Women’s Studies Association
 American Men’s Studies Association
 Southern States Communication Association
 Chi Sigma Iota Counseling Academic & Professional Honor Society

SERVICE

Department/Division

Texas Southern University

 Coordinator, Health Communication Degree Feasibility Study, January, 2022 – present

 Member, Basic Course Committee, August, 2020 – present

Xavier University of Louisiana

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 Chair, Department of Communication Studies Search Committee, Xavier University of

Louisiana, September, 2014 – May, 2015, New Orleans, LA

 Member, Department of Sociology Search Committee, Xavier University of Louisiana,

September, 2014 – April, 2015, New Orleans, LA

 Member, Mass Communications Faculty & Chair Search Committee, Xavier University
of Louisiana, April – June, 2014, New Orleans, LA

 Coordinator, Health Communication Certificate Program Committee, Department of

Communication Studies/Department of Public Health, Xavier University of Louisiana,
September – December, 2014, New Orleans, LA

 Event Co-Producer, sayNOLA: Beyond Ferguson, Department of Communication

Studies, Xavier University of Louisiana, December 2014, New Orleans, LA

 Event Producer, “Daughters of Domestics: Poets and Academics Respond to The Help”,
Communication Studies/Women’s Studies Programs, Xavier University of Louisiana,
October, 2011, New Orleans, LA.

 Co-Chair, Communication Studies Major Committee, Communications Department,

September, 2010 – September, 2011

 Chair, Communications Week, Communications Department, January, 2011 – April,

2011

 Co-Chair, Communication Studies Faculty Search Committee, Communications

Department, September, 2008 – February, 2009

 Event Co-Producer, Beyond Jena: A Forum on Bloggers of Color, Education and Social
Justice in New Orleans, Communications Department and Center for the Advancement of
Teaching, January, 2009

 Member, Speech Pathology Faculty Search Committee, Communications Department,

January, 2008 – April, 2008; January – April, 2009

 Co-Chair, Curriculum Revision Committee, Communications Department, September,

2007 – 2010

Wayne State University

 Facilitator/Organizer, COM 1010 Colloquium, Difference or Diversity?: Creating Truly

Inclusive Classrooms; Department of Communication, March, 2007

 Assistant to the Basic Course Director: Department of Communication, 2004-2006

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 Member, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Communication, 2005-2006

 Oral Competency Examination Evaluator, Department of Communication, 2003-2005

College

Xavier University of Louisiana

 Member, Women’s Studies Program Executive Committee, August, 2007 – present

 Member, Continuing Education & Distance Learning Strategic Planning Committee,

January – May, 2015

 Discussion Facilitator, Academic Blast Camp, September, 2010

 Faculty Trainer, Critical Thinking Assessment Testing, January – May 2009

 Member, Freshman Seminar Committee, April 2008 – May, 2009

University

Xavier University of Louisiana

 Faculty Evaluator, Admissions Committee, Xavier University of Louisiana, January 2018

- present

 Communication Consultant, Faculty Association, Xavier University of Louisiana, 2017

 Coordinating Committee Member, Recovery Week, Counseling and Wellness Center,

Xavier University of Louisiana, Fall, 2015

 Member, Distance Education and Continuing Studies Search Committee, Xavier

University of Louisiana, September 2015 – January 2016, New Orleans, LA

 Editorial Board Member/Faculty Undergraduate Research Mentor, XULAneXUS

Undergraduate On-Line Scholarly Journal, 2017 – present; 2014 – 2015; 2007 – 2009

 Faculty Evaluator, University Hearing Committee, 2011 – 2015

 GradStar Faculty Liaison, 2008 – 2011

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 Chair, Xavier University Women’s Studies Conference; Gendered Perspectives: Recent

Scholarship on Culture and Social Justice; 2010

 Faculty Facilitator/Member, Across Curriculum Thinking Program Faculty Mentor, 2007

– 2008

Wayne State University

 Consultant & Facilitator, Academic Success Center Workshop Series, 2006-2007

 Project 350 Faculty Advisory Team Member, June-August, 2004

Professional

 Reviewer, Communication Education Interest Group, Central States Communication

Association, 2018

 Respondent, Black Love, Black Relationships and Black Representation, National

Communication Association, November, 2017, Dallas, TX

 Respondent, When the Personal, Political, and Popular Collide: Mediated

Representations of Blackness, National Communication Association, November, 2017,
Dallas, TX

 Coordinator/Organizer, #TeachInNOLA: A Citywide Teach-In Event (featuring

simultaneous teach-ins on New Orleans university campuses: Tulane University, Loyola
University of New Orleans, Southern University of New Orleans, University of New
Orleans, Xavier University of New Orleans); October, 2017

 Reviewer, Journal of Contemporary Rhetoric, 2015, 2017

 Reviewer, African American Communication & Culture Division, 2015 National

Communication Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV

 Reviewer, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015 National HIV Prevention
Conference, Atlanta, GA

 Reviewer, National Communication Association Black Caucus, 2012 National

Communication Association Conference, Orlando, FL

 McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Learning Series Academic Advisory Board; 2011 – 2012

 Event Host/Organizer, African American Communication and Culture Division/Black

Caucus Preconference, 2011 National Communication Association Conference, New
Orleans, LA,
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 Reviewer, African American Communication and Culture Division, 2011 National

Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, LA

 Reviewer, Intercultural Communication Studies Journal, (2011) Vol. XX(1).

 Wandering Scholar, Scholar to Scholar I Session, 2009 National Communication

Association Conference, Chicago, IL

 Reviewer, African American Communication and Culture Division, 2009 National

Communication Association Conference, Chicago, IL

 Session Moderator, DFI-KCP Joint Fellows Conference, King-Chavez-Parks Future

Faculty Fellows Program, 2005, Detroit, MI

 Coordinating Committee Member, DFI-KCP Joint Fellows Conference, King-Chavez-

Parks Future Faculty Fellows Program, Detroit, MI; 2005

Community (Local/Regional/National)

 Coordinator/Faculty Mentor, Community Engagement Campaign, Communication

Service Learning Project, Center for Restorative Approaches in cooperation with the
Communications Department of Xavier University of New Orleans, LA, 2016

 Community Partner/Facilitator, Center for Restorative Approaches, New Orleans, LA,

2015 – 2017

 Community Partner, NOLA For Life Initiative, City of New Orleans Mayor’s Office,
2014 – 2016

 Coordinator/Facilitator, Women’s Wellness Discussion Group, New Orleans Women and

Children’s Shelter, New Orleans, LA, 2014 – 2015

 Program Director, New Orleans Recreation Development Commission/Smothers

Academy/Southern University of New Orleans Communication and Media Arts Camp,
Xavier University of Louisiana, 2015

 Coordinating Committee Member, Katrina 10 Commemoration, Foundation for

Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, 2014 – 2015

 Board Member, Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies, Collective for Health
Communities Advisory Collaborative, 2013 – 2015

 Group Facilitator, Coffee For The Soul Women’s Support Group, Christian Unity Baptist
Church, New Orleans, LA, 2012 – 2015
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 Group Facilitator, Black Men & Boys Initiative, Crescent City Media Group, New
Orleans, LA, 2011 – 2013

 Accelerator Corp Mentor, Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans (SENO) New Ventures
Program, New Orleans, LA, 2011 – 2013

 Board Member, Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies Youth Programs Advisory Board,
New Orleans, LA; 2011 – 2013.

 Community Partner/Member, Ashe Cultural Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, 2009 –
present

 Coordinator/Faculty Mentor, Your Voice, Your World: Freshman Seminar Service

Learning Project, Volunteers of America Children of Promise Program in cooperation
with Xavier University of New Orleans, LA, 2009

 Coordinator/Faculty Mentor, Hip Hop Showcase, Communication Service Learning

Project, Lafayette Charter School in cooperation with the Communications Department
of Xavier University of New Orleans, LA, 2008

 Conference Faculty/Presenter, Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual

Violence, Okemos, MI; 1999-2003.

 Presentation Assistant, Governor Jennifer Granholm’s Mentor Michigan Program,

Lansing, MI; 2001-2002.

References Available Upon Request