Presentations

As part of my commitment to public scholarship, I have delivered presentations to a variety of groups discussing my research. Here are a few highlights. I have additionally delivered academic presentations at local, regional and national conferences.

I delivered the Fall 2018 Fall Commencement address for the Hinds Community College district graduation on December 13th. See below for the video (talk intro starts at the 36 minute mark). [Photo by Tammi Bowles, HindsCC]
 Jean Green and I delivered this talk on William Holtzclaw at Northeast Mississippi Community College to mark the opening of the Holtzclaw Traveling Exhibit on campus. My portion of the talk focused on African American autobiography and the signaling Holtzclaw used in his work to address different audiences simultaneously.
This public lecture was delivered as part of my selection as Humanities Instructor of the Year for Hinds Community College through the Mississippi Humanities Council.
This presentation was delivered at the 18th annual Mississippi College Graduate Research Symposium and received the 2nd place Foman and Nina Musselwhite Prize.

INVITED TALKS

2018                “William H. Holtzclaw and The Black Man’s Burden.” Northeast Mississippi Community College Cultural Arts Week, October 15.

CONFERENCE ACTIVITY

Papers Presented

2025                “Exploring Connections with Community Partners.” Two-Year College English Association-Southeast Conference, February 13-15.

2022                “Renewing our HBCU Legacy through Oral History.” African American Association of Museums National Conference, August 10-12..

2019                “Performing Assemblage in Black Radio Drama: NBC and the Utica Jubilees.” Pop Culture Association National Conference, April 17-20.

2018                “Writing Across the STEM Curriculum: Composing with Arduinos.” League for Innovation in the Community College Conference, March 11-14.

2017                “Navigating the Waters: Experiments in Cross-Curricular Team Teaching.” Two-Year College English Association-Southeast Conference, February 22-25.

2017                “Developing a Cross-Curricular Humanities Course to Explore Institutional History.” National Association of African American Studies National Conference, February 13-18.

2015                “Flip This Course – Strategies to Develop Deeper Student Learning.” Mississippi Association for Developmental Education Conference, November 5-6.

2015                “Incorporating Technology in the Primary Classroom.” Hinds-Utica Early Childhood Conference, April 10.

2011                “Engaging Students on a Budget: Presenting the $200 Interactive White Board.” Mississippi Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, October 7.

CAMPUS TALKS

2025                “Adventures in Archives: Recovering the Utica Jubilee Singers.” Hinds Community College, February 27 (MHC Humanities Lecture) & April 15 (Honors Forum).

2023                “Tracing the Legacy of a Little Tuskegee.” Hinds Honors Forum.

2019                “The Black Man’s Burden.” Hinds Honors Forum.

2018                “Tracing the Legacy of the Founder.” Hinds Fall Commencement Exercises, December 11.

2017                “Engaging Undergraduate Students Through Research.” Hinds Center for Teaching and Learning, November 8.

2016                “Farming ‘Hidden Transcripts’: Negotiations of Race and Power at a Rural Industrial Institute in the Jim Crow South.” Mississippi College, April 19.

2015                “From Gilgamesh to the Green Lantern: Uncovering an Ancient Near East Superhero.” Hinds Community College, October 21.

2015                “Flip This Course – Strategies to Develop Deeper Student Learning.” College Convocation Workshop, August 11.