Formal Education
- Duke University, Ph.D. in U.S., African American, Latino, and Latin American history, May 2008; with certificate from Department of African and African American Studies
- Dissertation: “Black, Brown, and Poor: Martin Luther King Jr., the Poor People’s Campaign, and Its Legacies”
- University of South Florida, M.A. in U.S. and Latin American history, May 2002
- Thesis: “ ‘I’m Against the Way It Is Being Done’: School Desegregation and Civility in Pinellas County, Florida”
- University of South Carolina, B.A. in political science, May 1994
Editing and Journalism Experience
- Editor of Deliberations, writing program’s journal of first-year writing, 2012-2013 (access journal here)
- Freelance editor, academic books and foundation grant reports, Durham, N.C., 2008 to present
- Member, editorial board of Deliberations, 2010-11
- Copy editor and designer, St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Fla., 1997-2002
- Copy editor and designer, The Greenville News, Greenville, S.C., 1994-1997