My research focuses on the misogynoir in digital spaces that impact Black women and Black nonbinary, agender, and gender-variant folks. I look at how Hip Hop artists such as Megan Thee Stallion use their performance, music, and social media presence as a form of coping and harm reduction from these violent online experiences. I also look at how Hip Hop feminist pedagogy can be used to create curriculums for different academic settings, Black girlhood studies in digital spaces, and Black digital culture.
Review: Beyoncé in the World: Making Meaning with Queen Bey in Troubled Times, edited by Christina Baade and Kristin A. McGee
Book review of Christina Baade and Kristin A. McGee’s Beyoncé in the World: Making Meaning with Queen Bey in Troubled Times
“Should I Straighten My Hair?”: Narratives of Black College Women with Natural Hair
A qualitative meta-narrative look into the narratives of Black college women and their experience with natural hair.
Review of Digital Black Feminism (Knight Steele 2021)
Book review of Catherine Knight Steele’s Digital Black Feminism
A Love Letter to Alt Black Girls
An article published through FLOW.
Build Your Stack: Books for Advanced High School Students That Will Create a Classroom of Deep Thinking
An article published through NCTE.
A Seat At The Table: A Repetitive Narrative of Abuse
A look into the digital violence Leslie Jones experienced during the rollout of the film Ghostbusters.
Media, art, and text (matx) creative showcase 2020
A short 10-minute presentation of my research efforts and future research plans presented at VCU’s MATX Ph.D. Creative Showcase.
world wide wake: A look into digital wake work in response to the murder of Breonna Taylor
A poster presentation on my interpretation of Christina Sharpe’s “In The Wake”.
FATE 2021 PANEL PRESENTATION (PRE-RECORDED)
My pre-recorded presentation on using Instagram in the classroom to engage in community art and social justice.
Build Your Stack: Books for Advanced High School Students That Will Create a Classroom of Deep Thinking
Blog post for the National Council of Teachers of English
Save Me A Seat Sis: The healing perspectives for Black Women in Solange’s A Seat at the Table
Poster presentation for Re-Imagining Black Girls’ and Women’s Health Symposium and Workshop at Towson University