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Biography

A historian and scholar of Black studies, I am a scholar of modern Black history with an emphasis on intellectual, political, and sports history. 

Academic Positions

  • Present2020

    Full Professor

    University of Kentucky

  • 20202019

    Associate Professor

    University of Kentucky

  • 20192015

    Visiting Associate Professor

    Dartmouth College, African & African American Studies

  • 20192014

    Visiting Associate Professor

    Dartmouth College, Department of History

  • 20142011

    Associate Professor

    Florida Atlantic University, Department of History

  • 20112004

    Assistant Professor

    Florida Atlantic University, Department of History

Education & Training

  • Ph.D. 2004

    Ph.D. in History

    The Ohio State University

  • M.A. 1999

    Master of Arts in African & African American Stuies

    The Ohio State Unviersity

  • B.S. 1997

    Bachelor of Science in Mathmatics Education

    The University of Maryland, College Park

Honors, Awards and Grants

  • 2020
    Visiting Research Fellowship, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina
  • 2019
    Alyce Hunley Whayne Visiting Researcher, University of Kansas
  • 2009
    Julian Pleasants Visiting Scholar, University of Florida
  • 2006
    FAU Scholarly and Creative Accomplishments Fellowship
  • 2005
    FAU College of Arts and Letters Teaching Development Award
  • 2004
    FAU Department of History Research Stipend Award
  • 2003-2004
    University of California-Santa Barbara, Department of Black Studies Dissertation Fellowship