April 2013
Received Emerging Diversity Scholar Citation from the National Center for Institutional Diversity
February 2013
Accepted offer to join Rutgers University School of Information and Communication!!!
Accepted offer to join Rutgers University School of Information and Communication!!!
August 2012
Published an op-ed on the Occupy Movement and urban policy in the Philadelphia Inquirer
Published a review of the film "Sparkle" and Black female representation at NewBlackMan
Published piece on Senatorial candidate Todd Akin and "legitimate rape" policies at Role/Reboot.
Published an op-ed on the Occupy Movement and urban policy in the Philadelphia Inquirer
Published a review of the film "Sparkle" and Black female representation at NewBlackMan
Published piece on Senatorial candidate Todd Akin and "legitimate rape" policies at Role/Reboot.
July 2012
Conducted interview research in South Africa on race and journalism in the post-apartheid era.
Conducted interview research in South Africa on race and journalism in the post-apartheid era.
June 2012
Presented paper on citizen journalism at International Conference on Journalism Studies in Santiago, Chile.
Published new book chapter in collection on the language of sound and noise.
Presented paper on citizen journalism at International Conference on Journalism Studies in Santiago, Chile.
Published new book chapter in collection on the language of sound and noise.
December 2011
Invited by the Social Science Research Council to contribute to a new digital forum on the Occupy Wall Street and the broader occupy movement. My initial contribution to the effort is here.
Interviewed by the "Philadelphia Inquirer for a year-end story about social media and its role in protests.
Invited by the Social Science Research Council to contribute to a new digital forum on the Occupy Wall Street and the broader occupy movement. My initial contribution to the effort is here.
Interviewed by the "Philadelphia Inquirer for a year-end story about social media and its role in protests.
November 2011
Interviewed about the Occupy movement in The New York Times.
Presented on the Tea Party at the National Communication Association conference.
Interviewed about the Occupy movement in The New York Times.
Presented on the Tea Party at the National Communication Association conference.
October 2011
Quoted in the Philadelphia Inquirer about social engagement and new media.
Quoted in the Metro and WHYY's Newsworks about the proposal to extend the unjust Philly curfew laws.
Was a guest appearance on the Comcast public service program Voice of Reason with Larry Kane about Occupy Philadelphia.
Was a guest on radio station WURD in Philadelphia talking about the Occupy Philly movement.
Quoted in the Philadelphia Inquirer about social engagement and new media.
Quoted in the Metro and WHYY's Newsworks about the proposal to extend the unjust Philly curfew laws.
Was a guest appearance on the Comcast public service program Voice of Reason with Larry Kane about Occupy Philadelphia.
Was a guest on radio station WURD in Philadelphia talking about the Occupy Philly movement.
August 2011
Presented paper on Tea Party at the International Association of Media and Communication Research in Istanbul.
Presented paper on Tea Party at the International Association of Media and Communication Research in Istanbul.
May 2011
Began my term as a board member and co-secretary of the Ethnicity and Race In Communication (ERIC) Division of the International Communication Association.
Presented paper on Australian Blackness at the International Communication Association Conference, Boston, MA.
Began my term as a board member and co-secretary of the Ethnicity and Race In Communication (ERIC) Division of the International Communication Association.
Presented paper on Australian Blackness at the International Communication Association Conference, Boston, MA.
March 2011
Began my term as a board member and co-secretary of the Ethnicity and Race In Communication (ERIC) Division of the International Communication Association.
Presented paper on Australian Blackness at the International Communication Association Conference, Boston, MA.
Presented paper on interventionist representations of Black middle class women in film at Society for Cinema and Media Studies
Published piece on Michelle Obama in thirdspace:a journal of feminist theory and culture.