I explore the constructions of race and education in the making of modern America. Presently, my research focuses upon the History of race, education, capitalism and the production of memory in 19th and 20th-century America. My Master’s Thesis traces the evolution of Avery College, the nation’s first Black college, through questions of American Expansion and Slavery in the industrializing city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, I hold a B.A. in History and African American Studies from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, where I was a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow. My time in Nashville introduced me to the history of Black education in my service within the role of the campus historian. After years of research, I wrote a new, standardized curriculum for the campus tour guide program. As an undergraduate History major and member of the W.E.B Du Bois Honors Program, throughout my time at Fisk I authored capstone theses on the intellectual history of Black education, Nashville’s Black educational history, and the socio-cultural tradition of the Black College.

In the spring of 2023 I received an M.A in History from the University of Virginia. At the University of Virginia collaborative research projects and initiates within the Center for Race and Public Education in the South, The Center for Teaching Excellence, the Jefferson Scholars Foundation, and the Karsh Institute of Democracy have greatly attuned my commitments to the work of Public Humanities and non-specialist engagement.

In the fall of 2023 I am continuing my graduate study at Harvard University in the Department of African and African American Studies’ Ph.D. Program.

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