RESEARCH AREAS
SOCIALIZATION & SCHOLAR DEVELOPMENT
Socialization examines the ways we integrate new scholars into our departments, disciplines, and organizations, and explores experiences such as academic preparation, career development, mentoring, and advising.
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In Progress:
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Black graduate students socialization and professional development through meaningful assistantships
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Advisor or mentor? Importance of advisor-mentors in doctoral student success
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Publications:​
Black doctoral women's socialization experiences in agricultural science and education departments
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
What are the processes and practices that contribute to leadership development?​
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In Progress:
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Black joy and joy-centered leadership
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Black communities and the meaning of leadership​
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INCLUSIVE CLASSROOM PRACTICES
It is important as an educator and scholar that I solicit student feedback and reflect on my own practices.​
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In Progress:
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Environmental History students' reflection on classroom experiences
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Cultivating inclusive classroom environments​
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EcoJustice Pedagogy as a mechanism of student support in environmental classrooms
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Publications:
AGEP STRIDES
Alliance for Graduate Education & the Professoriate (AGEP) Strengthening Training & Resources for Inclusive Data Engineering Sciences (STRIDES) is an NSF initiative that focuses broadly on strategies to promote equity for racially/ethnically minoritized doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars in engineering disciplines pursuing careers in the professoriate. Our research explores the hiring practices of STEM higher education departments to develop evidence-based, inclusive hiring policy and practices.​
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In Progress:
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Search committee evaluation of inclusive teaching practices in faculty hiring
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Search committee evaluation of research productivity promise in faculty hiring
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