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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Associate Professor, African and African American Studies, Fordham University. 2016-Present

EDUCATION
Phd in History, New York University (NYU) 2016
Primary Advisor: Michael Gomez
Dissertation: From Invisible to Immigrants: Political Activism and the Construction of Caribbean American Identity, 1890-1940.  

RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS
African Diaspora, Caribbean, Black Atlantic, Women and Gender, African American History, Race, Transnational Communities, Migrational Movements, Immigration, Black Identity Formation, Social and Cultural History.

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Fordham University Teaching Race Across the Curriculum, 2022-2023
Fordham University Faculty Interdisciplinarity Grant, 2022
Fordham University Faculty Research Grant, 2021-2022
Villanova University’s Albert Lepage Center Covid-19 Grant for History in the Public Interest, 2020-2021
Association of Caribbean Historians’ Andrés Ramos Mattei-Neville Hall Article Prize 2020, Honorable Mention
Rutgers University Department of History Race and Gender Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2019- 2020
Fordham University Faculty Research Grant, 2018-2019
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture’s Scholars-in-Residence Program Fellowship, 2017-2018
Duke University, Summer Institute on Tenure and Professional Advancement (SITPA) Fellowship, 2017-2019
Fordham University’s George Ames Endowment for Junior Faculty Grant, 2018
Boston College, African and African Diaspora Studies Dissertation Fellowship, 2015-2016
American Antiquarian Society, Kate B. & Hall J. Peterson Fellowship, 2015-2016
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, Honorable Mention, 2015
Global Research Initiatives Summer Dissertation Writing Program in Italy, 2015
Henry M. MacCracken Fellowship, 2010- 2015
NYU Dean’s Fellowship, 2010-2015
NYU Summer Opportunity Fellowship, 2014 & 2015
Provost’s Global Research Initiatives Program in London, 2014
History Department Summer Travel Award, 2013
Department of History Spring Travel Grant, 2011
Cornell University Sage Fellowship, 2006- 2008
Fredrick George Marcham Scholarship for Academic Excellence in History, 2005-2006
Cornell Tradition Scholarship, Class of 1944 Fellow, 2003-2006

PUBLICATIONS
A Home Away from Home Mutual Aid, Political Activism, and Caribbean American Identity, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024.
“Corporate Responses to Racial Unrest,” Special Issue of the Journal Enterprise & Society, Guest Co-editor, January 25, 2024.
Contributor for Michael Gomez, ed. Hidden Voices African Diaspora, New York City Department of Education, November 2022.
 “‘Women Were Always There…’: Caribbean Immigrant Women, Mutual Aid Societies, and Benevolent Associations in the Early 20th Century” in Beatrice Zucca Micheletto, ed., Gender and Migration in Historical Perspective: Institutions, Labour and Social Networks, 16th to 20th Centuries (London: Palgrave Macmillan, August 2022).
The Black History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained, Contributor, London: DK Publisher, November 2021.
“Can Mutual Aid Withstand Pandemic Fatigue,” Bloomberg CityLab, April 16, 2021.
“It’s Time to Build on a Long Tradition of Racial Justice Movements,” Bloomberg CityLab, January 15, 2021.
“More than Auxiliary: Caribbean Women and Social Organizations in the Interwar Period,” Caribbean Review of Gender Studies’ Special Issue on Gender and Anti-Colonialism in the Interwar Caribbean, Issue 12, December 2018.
“Teaching While Black: Diversity and Inclusion in all Aspects of the Classroom,” Department of History Teaching Handbook, New York University, Fall 2014.
Forging a Black Identity: Caribbean American and African American Relations in the U.S. (1838-1924) & (1941-1964). Master’s thesis, Cornell University, 2008.

INVITED TALKS
Women’s Philanthropy Institute’s All In, All Rise Symposium—Invited Panelist, “Predicting and Optimizing Informal Aid Networks in Times of Conflict and Crisis,” Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Chicago, Illinois, March 28-29, 2023.
Generosity Commission—Expert Testimony, Generosity Commission, Washington D.C. March 22-23, 2023.
Giving Innovation Summit—Invited Panelist, Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy at the Urban Institute, June 28, 2022.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Greater Giving Summit—Spotlight Talk, “Mutual Aid: Past, Present, and Future,” April 20, 2021.
Caribbean-American Heritage Month—Keynote, J. Whitaker Group (JWG), Norfolk Southern, June 29, 2021.
This Is Not A Riot! Black Lives Matter (Two Part) Webinar; Columbia University; New York, July 8th & 15th, 2020.
Black History Month Lecture and Book Discussion with author Nicole Dennis-Benn; Columbia University; New York, NY; February 12, 2020.
“Caribbean Cultural Celebration,” Keynote Address; Columbia University; New York, NY; September 12, 2019.
“Art Criticism: The Next Generation,” Panel Discussion; Guild Hall, John Drew Theater; East Hampton, NY; September 21, 2019.
“Mutual Assistance: Caribbean Immigrant Women and Social Networks,” Migration and Gender: Relationships, Economic Resources and Institutions in Historical Perspective (15th-20th Centuries) Workshop, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, November 8-10, 2018.
“More than Auxiliary: Caribbean Women and Social Organizations in the Interwar Period,” Symposium: Bates College History Department’s Symposium on Gender and Migration in the United States, Lewiston Maine, May 10-12, 2018.
“New Perspectives on Women in the 20th-Century Caribbean World, Part 2: Subject-Making within National Contexts,” Presenter, American Historical Association, Washington, DC, January 4-7, 2018.
“Reading Agency: Defining Freedom through Colonial Texts,” Fellows Talk, American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA, October 9, 2015. 
“The Antigua and Barbuda Progressive Society and Caribbean Immigrant Social Organizations in New York,” Panel Discussion: A Lighthouse in New York, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, NY, September 27, 2013.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Panels Organized
“Mutual Aid and Collective Care: Blueprints from the Long Nineteenth Century,” C19: The Society of Nineteenth Century Americanists Seventh Biennial Conference, Coral Gables, FL, March 31, 2022 – April 2, 2022.
“Black in a New Land: Caribbean Migration and Contested Constructions of Blackness in the 20th Century U.S.,” Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Charleston, SC, October 2-6, 2019.
“The Geopolitics of Black Protest and Citizenship,” Association of the Worldwide African Diaspora, Seville, Spain, November 7-11, 2017. 
“Between Nation, State, and Empire: Black Citizenship in the Caribbean and the Atlantic,” Association of Caribbean Historians, Tobago, May 14-19, 2017.
“Currents of Association: Afro-Caribbean (Im)Migrants in the United States and at Home in the Early-Twentieth Century,” Organization of American Historians, New Orleans, LA, April 6-9, 2017. 
“Why Caribbean Women’s History Matters: A Roundtable,” American Historical Association, Atlanta, GA, January 3-7, 2016.
“Race, Resistance & Radicalism in Africa and the African Diaspora,” Association of the Worldwide African Diaspora, Charleston, SC, November 3-7, 2015. 
Papers Presented
“Centering Women in the Global #BlackLivesMatter Movement,” Organization of American Historians, March 2021.
“West Indian Friendly Societies and their African Traditions in Post Emancipation British Caribbean,” Association of the Worldwide African Diaspora, Williamsburg, VA, November 5-9, 2019.
“Social to Political: Caribbean Immigrant Societies & Social Justice,” Caribbean Studies Association, Santa Marta, Colombia, June 3-7, 2019.
“Political Significance of Friendly Societies Post Emancipation,” Caribbean Studies Association, Havana, Cuba, June 4-8, 2018.
“More than Auxiliary: West Indian Social Organizations in Boston, Political Activism, and the Construction of Caribbean American Identity,” African & African Diaspora Studies Program, Boston College, April 2, 2016.
“Finding their Voice: Caribbean Immigrant Women's Participation in Twentieth Century Social Organizations,” Association of the Worldwide African Diaspora, Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, October 30-November 3, 2013.
“Invisible Immigrants: Anglophone Caribbean Immigrants in the United States, 1850s to 1930s,” Association of Caribbean Historians, San Ignacio, Belize, May 12-17, 2013. “Practicing Diasporas: Caribbean Immigrant Social Organizations in the United States and their Political Implications,” Association of the Worldwide African Diaspora, University of Pittsburgh, November 3-6, 2011. 
“Paving the Way—Early Caribbean American Immigrant Women 1900-1964,” History in the Making 16: The Immigrant Experience: The History of Communities in Transition, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, March 4-6, 2011. 
“From Addis to Africana: Reflections on the Cultural Immersion Experience,” New York African Studies Association, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, March 28-30, 2008.
“The Formation of Black Identity: Caribbean-American and African-American Social and Cultural Interactions in the U.S. during the mid 19th and mid 20th Century,” National Council for Black Studies,” Atlanta, Georgia, March 19- 23, 2008.
“Thinking Outside the Box: Looking for Alternatives to the New York City Public School System,” National Council for Black Studies, San Diego, CA, March 15-17, 2007. 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
As Assistant Professor: “We Can’t Breathe…: The History of Black Protest,” “Harlem Century,” “On the Move: Migration, Labor, and Transnationalism in the African Diaspora,” Harlem Century,” “On the Move: Migration, Labor, and Transnationalism in the African Diaspora,” “Being and Becoming Black” and “Caribbean History, People, and Culture,” Fordham University, Fall 2016 – present
As Instructor of Record: “History 101: Migration within the African Diaspora,” New York University, Spring 2013.
As Adjunct Instructor: “Defining Freedom: Migration, Labor, and Transnationalism in the Post-Emancipation British Caribbean,” Boston College, Spring 2016. 
As Teaching Assistant: “Cultures & Context: African Diaspora,” New York University, Fall 2013;  “Cultures & Context: Africa,” New York University, Fall 2012;  “Politics and Social Change in the Caribbean,” Cornell University, Spring 2008; Teaching Assistant, “Africa: The Continent and Its People,” Cornell University, Fall 2007. 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Africana Cultural Immersion Experience: Case Study Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Bahir Dar, Gondar, Axum, Lalaibela, Shashamene, December 2007-January 2008. Co-founded and organized a student-initiated research project in several historic and modern cities in Ethiopia, in order to foster and encourage a sustainable dialogue between Africana graduate students and communities of the African Diaspora.
Research Assistant, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, September 2003-May 2005. Conducted research for a publication written by Cornell University Professor Rebecca L. Schneider, “Improving Roadside Ditch Management to Reduce Stormwater Runoff, Floods, and Droughts,” 2005. 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Core Curriculum Committee, Fordham University, 2018-2019
Faculty Advisor, Fordham University ASILI: The Black Student Alliance, 2017-2018
Advisor, Service Learning Seminar, Spring 2017
Constructive Diversity Pedagogy PAR Project, Fordham University, 2016
Coordinator, African and Diaspora Graduate Dissertation Workshop, 2013-2015
Participant, NYU Graduate School Diversity Recruitment Video, 2014
Panelist, “Scholarship in Progress Panel Series,” NYU’s Prospective Students’ Weekend, February 22, 2014.
Panelist, “Planning and Executing a Successful Lesson,” Graduate Teaching Collaborative, December 5, 2013.
Organizing Committee, NYU Perspective Student Weekend, 2013-2014

MEDIA
“Explaining the Past, Present and Future of the Mutual Aid Movement,” NBC News LX, Expert Guest, September 1, 2021.
“The Pandemic and the History of Mutual Aid,” Covid Calls Podcast EP #232, Expert Guest, March 3, 2021
“Everything You Need to Know About Juneteenth,” Listen Up, NBC New York, Local News Program, Expert Guest, June 19, 2020.
We Caribbean, TeleSUR English--Ecuador, Television Program, Expert Guest on Black Protests in the United States, June 17, 2020.
“Kerner Commission,” Fox 5 Daily News, Special Report, Expert Guest, June 5, 2020.
Brooklyn Savvy, Television Program, Panel Discussion on Caribbean Americans, October 21, 2019.
Nou La - We Reach! The Journeys and Dreams of Brooklyn's Caribtropolis, Brooklyn Arts Council's interactive museum exhibit for Caribbean History Month, June 2018. 
New York: A Caribbean Capital, think piece essay for Little Caribbean website, a community-driven initiative spearheaded by CARIBBEING, a Flatbush-based cultural hub and leading presenter of “all things Caribbean,” 2018. 
“Organizing Caribbean Communities in Brooklyn” Panel Presentation, Brooklyn Museum’s caribBEING in Brooklyn, August 4, 2018.

WORK EXPERIENCE
English Language Teacher, KOPΩNIOY Language School, Athens, Greece March 2009-June 2010. 
English Language Teacher, Euro Languages, Athens, Greece, November 2008-February 2009.

LANGUAGES
French (Certificate of Proficiency in Reading Knowledge, NYU French Department 2013)
Greek (Reading and Speaking knowledge)
Spanish (Reading) 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & WORKING GROUPS
American Historical Association (AHA)
Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)
Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD), Social Media Committee
Association of Caribbean Historians (ACH)
Caribbean Studies Association (CSA)
New York University African Diaspora Forum
Organization of American Historians (OAH) 

References available upon request.