As an American Studies PhD, my work engages the fields of African-American History and Culture, Oral History, and Urban History. I also have an MFA in creative writing. This page offers a sampling of some of my recent scholarly work.

NEW BOOKS:

Alien Soil: Oral Histories of Great Migration Newark

and…

The Darkest Parts of My Blackness

PRESENTATION:

LIVE TALK WITH CO-AUTHOR
George Washington University
January 2026

IN-PERSON TALK:
Newark History Society
April 2025

RADIO INTERVIEW:
WBGO
February 2025

PODCAST APPEARANCE:
Civics and Coffee
November 2024

RESEARCH CONTRIBUTION:
Rise Up North
Spring 2024

ACADEMIC JOURNAL ARTICLE:
“What Ordinary People Can Teach Us: Oral Histories of Employment Discrimination Against African Americans” Studies in Oral History, 2024

REVIEW:
African American Intellectual History Society’s “Black Perspectives”
January 2025