University

• Chairperson – Strategic Planning Committee, Mission Statement Task Force [PowerPoint]
• Chairperson – Founders’ Day Committee, 2015-Present [2015] [2016] [2017]
• Co-Chair – Black Studies Committee, 2012-Present
  • Founder, Mapema Kwanzaa Celebration, 2012-present
• Contributor – Afr.i.center, Center for Africana International Communities at Florida Memorial University [PowerPoint]
• Chair – Criminal Justice Faculty Search Committee, 2015
• Chair – Social Work Faculty Search Committee, 2016
• Chair – Criminal Justice Faculty Position Search Committee, 2017
• Coordinator – Installation of Headstone for Sarah Ann Blocker [Program]
• Coordinator – Reunion and Remembrance Project, 2014-2015
  • Student Trip
  • Program
• Coordinator – Constitution Day 2015 (Office of Academic Affairs) [Photo] [Flyer]
• Coordinator – Constitution Day 2016 (Office of Academic Affairs) [Flyer]
• Member – QEP Leadership Team
• Member – Strategic Planning Committee [PDF]
• Member – Curriculum and Instruction Committee
• Member – Academic Council
• Member – FMU Service, Teaching, and Research (STAR) Committee [Faculty Development Day] [Book Discussion]
• Member – Library Director Search Committee [PDF]
• Member – Inauguration Week Academic Symposium Committee
• Member – Fall Convocation Planning Committee, 2012
• Member – Learning Communities Planning Meeting, Department of Freshman Studies, 2012
• Founding Advisor – Lions for Justice, 2013 – present

 

Department

• Interim Chair – 2015 to present
• Coordinator – Research Methods and Senior Project Workgroup
  • Report
  • Cloud Storage Flyer

• Implementation Director – Trayvon Martin Institute on Race and Social Justice
  • Proposal
• Creation of Social Media Page for the FMU Department of Social Sciences
• Member – Social Sciences Day Committee, 2012
• Curriculum/program innovations
  • Memorandum on Improving Student Advisement
  • Coordinator, Research Methods and Senior Project Workgroup
  • Coordinator, Internship, Field Placement, and Practicum Workgroup
  • Site Coordinator, Florida HBCU Juvenile Justice Pipeline Program
  • Statewide Coordinator, HBCU Juvenile Justice Reform Network
    • Call for volunteers
    • Internship program development
  • Teaching innovations
    • Creation of new course – HIS 401 – The Color of the Law – designed to serve the needs of students majoring in Criminal Justice.
    • Creation of new course offering – SSC 404: Major Keys to Liberation – with Dr. Michael Hudson in partnership with the Dream Defenders.
    • Adaption of the Florida HBCU Juvenile Justice Reform Pipeline courses
      • Programs – Screening of “3 1/2 Minutes: The Jordan Davis Story”
    • Adoption of QEP-based critical thinking methodology in courses

• External partnerships
  • Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Miami-Dade Economic Development Council (MDEAT)
  • Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi) [Black and Blue]
  • Dream Defenders
  • Power U
  • Trayvon Martin Foundation [Ribbon cutting][Program][Circle of Mothers]
  • People Acting for Community Together (PACT)
  • Miami-Dade Community Relations Board
  • Miami-Dade Chapter, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
    • Advisor for the FMU Chapter (2015-2016).
    • Member to the Executive Council (2017-present).
  • New Florida Majority –
  • Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau
  • Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
  • Harvard Black Alumni Society of South Florida, November 12, 2012
  • St. Thomas University
  • Florida African American Heritage Preservation Network (FAAHPN) – sch012 – faahpn 2015
  • African American Research Library and Cultural Center (AARLC) – February 22, 2014
  • Black Archives of South Florida
  • Historic Virginia Key Beach
  • Old Dillard Museum

• Student recruitment activities
  • Participation in Prospect Programs coordinated by the Office of Student Enrollment, 2012-2016.

National

• Member, Honorary Committee, 98th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of African American History. Jacksonville, Florida. October 2–6, 2013.

 

State/Regional

• Member – Florida Commissioner of Education’s African American History Task Force (2016 to present)
• Member – Board of Trustees, Miramar Cultural Trust, Miramar Cultural Center, City of Miramar (2016 to present)
• Member – 2014 Commemoration Advisory Council, Celebrate 450, City of St. Augustine, Florida.
• Member – Planning Committee, 2^nd Annual District 1 Black Heritage Festival
• Coordinator – Florida HBCU Juvenile Justice Talent Pipeline Project, Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2014 – present.
  • Network Proposal