Lecture at UPenn Annenberg
Delivered 2025 George Gerbner Lecture at Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania
Received inaugural NCA Award
Received the National Communication Association’s inaugaural Everett Hughes Holle Award for Social Justice and Community Engagement
Wrote essay about educators resisting bans
Wrote essay about educators resisting bans against teaching on race and racism in America
Wrote essay about educators resisting bans against teaching on race and racism in America
Published article on Pacific Blackness in Australia
Published article on Pacific Blackness in Australia and its interconnections with American Blackness in the International Journal of Communication
Published article on Pacific Blackness in Australia and its interconnections with American Blackness in the International Journal of Communication
Joined the NJ Advance Media Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Board
Joined the NJ Advance Media Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Board
Joined the NJ Advance Media Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Board
Participated on a C-Span book panel
Participated on a C-Span book panel with Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and publisher Chris Jackson about new autobiography
Participated on a C-Span book panel with Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and publisher Chris Jackson about new autobiography
February 2021
Upcoming Conversation for Racial Justice SwatTalks series at Swarthmore College
Led the 3rd annual SOMA Justice Trayvon Martin Birthday Celebration co-sponsored with Maplewood Township
Featured in America's Hidden Stories: Southern Women, Union Spies on The Smithsonian Channel
Upcoming Conversation for Racial Justice SwatTalks series at Swarthmore College. Led the 3rd annual SOMA Justice Trayvon Martin Birthday Celebration co-sponsored with Maplewood Township. Featured in America's Hidden Stories: Southern Women, Union Spies on The Smithsonian Channel.
January 2021
Interviewed by Rutgers Today on the way Trump influenced the news media:
Featured on NPR in piece examining
Interviewed by Rutgers Today on the way Trump influenced the news media:
Featured on NPR in piece examining
December 2020
Was a featured panelist for discussion on the Public Humanities for the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes
Was a featured panelist for discussion on the Public Humanities for the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes
November 2020
Participated in Preston Symposium on What Now? A Post-Election Symposium on Political Journalism at University of Wisconsin Madison
Moderated COVID-19 Townhall for South Orange and Maplewood townships
Participated in Preston Symposium on What Now? A Post-Election Symposium on Political Journalism at University of Wisconsin Madison
Moderated COVID-19 Townhall for South Orange and Maplewood townships
October 2020
Spoke at Writing Retreat for Rutgers Office for Faculty Development to share ideas on publishing and writing while on the tenure-track
Moderated a discussion with the Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam authors of the New York Times bestselling book Punching the Air for Ideas Festival at Maplewood Library
Joined the Election Coverage and Democracy (ECAD) Network to contribute to recommendations on election and post-election news coverage
Spoke at Writing Retreat for Rutgers Office for Faculty Development to share ideas on publishing and writing while on the tenure-track
Moderated a discussion with the Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam authors of the New York Times bestselling book Punching the Air for Ideas Festival at Maplewood Library
Joined the Election Coverage and Democracy (ECAD) Network to contribute to recommendations on election and post-election news coverage
September 2020
Invited speaker on Ethics and the Academy for graduate students at Stanford University
Published article in Journal of Cinema and Media Studies with Aymar Jean Christian Christian on Organic representation as cultural reparations
Invited speaker on Ethics and the Academy for graduate students at Stanford University
Published article in Journal of Cinema and Media Studies with Aymar Jean Christian Christian on Organic representation as cultural reparations
August 2020
Quoted in New York Times on Trump supporters and conservative news
Guest on TalkBlack Instagram Talk show with Larrej Drayton for CoLAB Arts
Interviewed by NJ Ledger for a feature with 50 organizers, politicians, and activists about how to end racism in policing
Quoted in New York Times on Trump supporters and conservative news
Guest on TalkBlack Instagram Talk show with Larrej Drayton for CoLAB Arts
Interviewed by NJ Ledger for a feature with 50 organizers, politicians, and activists about how to end racism in policing
June 2020
Interviewed by Alison Stewart of All of it on WNYC for discussion on who Biden would select as Vice-Presidential nominee
Quoted in the Star Ledger for story on the Thin Blue Line being removed from a NJ town .
Was interviewed on KMBZ about portrayals of police violence on Law and Order SVU
SOMA Justice featured on Good Morning America
Co-edited a special issue in the journal Communication, Culture, and Critique titled #CommunicationSoWhite with Even Ng and Anamik Saha. The issue also featured our co-authored article on Race and power in the academy and Beyond and my interview of scholars Oscar Gandy and Herman Gray.
Interviewed by Alison Stewart of All of it on WNYC for discussion on who Biden would select as Vice-Presidential nominee
Quoted in the Star Ledger for story on the Thin Blue Line being removed from a NJ town .
Was interviewed on KMBZ about portrayals of police violence on Law and Order SVU
SOMA Justice featured on Good Morning America
Co-edited a special issue in the journal Communication, Culture, and Critique titled #CommunicationSoWhite with Even Ng and Anamik Saha. The issue also featured our co-authored article on Race and power in the academy and Beyond and my interview of scholars Oscar Gandy and Herman Gray.
February 2020
Was selected to be a Whiting Public Engagement Fellow for 2020-2021
Co-authored article on school security titled We don’t have to scare kids while we’re trying to keep them safe
Was selected to be a Whiting Public Engagement Fellow for 2020-2021
Co-authored article on school security titled We don’t have to scare kids while we’re trying to keep them safe
December 2019
Spoke to host Keaton Nichols on WURD radio about Democratic primaries and Trump administration cuts to funding for poor Americans
Guest on Who Is podcast for Now This News to discuss Fox News
Spoke to host Keaton Nichols on WURD radio about Democratic primaries and Trump administration cuts to funding for poor Americans
Guest on Who Is podcast for Now This News to discuss Fox News
November 2019
Participated in panel discussion on Right-Wing Populism at Ursinus College
Participated in panel discussion on Right-Wing Populism at Ursinus College
October 2019
Delivered the Mary Junck Research Colloquium Speaker Series lecture at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gave talk at NYU News on the Right as part of the lecture series hosted by the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication
Delivered lecture in the IRW Distinguished Lecture series on Fragile Democracies in the Post-Truth Era at Rutgers University New Brunswick
Delivered the Mary Junck Research Colloquium Speaker Series lecture at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gave talk at NYU News on the Right as part of the lecture series hosted by the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication
Delivered lecture in the IRW Distinguished Lecture series on Fragile Democracies in the Post-Truth Era at Rutgers University New Brunswick
June 2019
Book Talk at Philadelphia’s Uncle Bobbie’s bookstore
Check out the short animated video on my book!!!
Book Talk at Philadelphia’s Uncle Bobbie’s bookstore
Check out the short animated video on my book!!!
May 2019
Organized JMS Annual Student Showcase at Rutgers School of Communication and Information!
Delivered Keynote talk at the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the Pennsylvania Library Association Conference
Co‐organized #CommunicationSoWhite pre-conference at the International Communication Conference 2019 and presented on conference panels on media coverage of Justice Kavanaugh and black queerness
Joined Society of Cinema and Media Studies Antiracism, Equity & Diversity Task Force
Organized JMS Annual Student Showcase at Rutgers School of Communication and Information!
Delivered Keynote talk at the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the Pennsylvania Library Association Conference
Co‐organized #CommunicationSoWhite pre-conference at the International Communication Conference 2019 and presented on conference panels on media coverage of Justice Kavanaugh and black queerness
Joined Society of Cinema and Media Studies Antiracism, Equity & Diversity Task Force