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Education | BA, Portland State University
Majors: Black Studies, Liberal Studies, Social Science Minors: Writing, History |
2017 (Exp.) |
Honors & Awards | Stephen Epler Scholarship |
2015-2016 |
Research Experience | Ronald B. McNair Research Fellowship, Portland State University, Jan. 2017-Aug. 2017
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Shirley Jackson, Black Studies Chair and Professor Focus: Historical examination of Black working class women in Portland, Ore., and Vancouver, Wash., during and after World War II |
2017 |
Employment | Queeries Program Coordinator, Portland State University Queer Resource Center
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2014-2015 |
Equal Rights Director, Associated Students of PSU, Portland, OR
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2013-2013 |
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Development Communications Intern, Cascade AIDS Project, Portland, OR
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2010-2011 |
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Presentations | “Working-class Black women’s roles in building and sustaining Black communities in the Pacific Northwest”
Portland State University Undergraduate Research Symposium May 2017 |
2017 |
Selected Courses |
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Research Interests | 19th, 20th, & 21st Century Black Diaspora, Informal Economy, Women and Gender, Civil Rights, Decolonization and Nationalist Movements, LGBTQ Community, Disability Studies | |
University Service | Queer Students of Color Conference Planning Committee, Portland State University Queer Resource Center |
2011-2017 |
Advisory Board, Portland State University Queer Resource Center |
2013-2014 |
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Community Involvement | University Choir, Portland State University |
2016-2017 |
Bread and Roses Feminist Radio Collective, KBOO Community Radio |
2015-Present |
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Portland State University Debate Union |
2014-2015 |
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Videographer & Interviewer, Vanport Mosaic Project |
2014-2015 |
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Tutor, Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization |
2013 |
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Facilitator, Bridge 13 Community Education Program, Sexual and Gender Minority Youth Resource Center |
2005-2012 |
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Skills | Languages: English, elementary Spanish, elementary Twi (Asante dialect) | |
Research methods: archival, visual and textual analysis, oral interviews |