December 2016

On WURD radio with Solomon Jones to discuss the potential plight of black women under a Trump administration

November 2016

• Began as part of first cohort for Program for Early Career Faculty Excellence at Rutgers

• On WURD radio with Solomon Jones to talk about the turnout of black women for Hillary Clinton in November

October 2016

• Wrote article on Hillary Clinton needing to acknowledge failures of Bill Clinton

• Had a baby boy on October 21, 2016

June 2016

Presented on news, youth, and the Baltimore uprising at the Cultural Studies Association

March 2016

• Wrote a piece on the Tea Party and media in the rise of Trump

• Attended screening for upcoming PBS film on Jackie Robinson by Ken Burns and Florentine Films , for which I advised and consulted

• Spoke with Solomon Jones on WURD radio about Hillary Clinton and the black women vote

• Talked to The Daily Targum about the passing of NABJ founder Acel Moore

February 2016

• Music blog Musiqology published panel with Penn Dean John Lester Jackson and Black Star Film Festival Founder Maori Holmes on #oscarssowhite

• Participated in a panel about lack of diversity at the Oscars at the Institute for Contemporary Art in Philadelphia

• Did interview with Rutgers Today on the media coverage of #OscarsSoWhite

• Discussed media backlash to Beyonce video Formation on Wake Up With WURD

January 2016

• Interviewed for BBC article on Quentin Tarantino using of the word ghetto

• On WURD Radio with Solomon Jones to discuss case of Gynnya McMillen, a 16 year-old African American girl who died in police custody

December 2015

• Interviewed on WURD Radio about Sandra Bland and lack of grand jury charges for her death

• My piece on police attack on girl in McKinney, Texas made Role/Reboot top 10 pieces of 2015

• Wrote essay on the decision to not bring charges on the killing of Tamir Rice

November 2015

• Presented paper on Black women in reality TV at the National Communication Association Conference in Las Vegas

• Invited to Athens, GA to begin two-year conference on television with other scholars using the the Peabody Awards archive

• Organized and participated in Faculty Teach-In at the Center for Race and Ethnicity at Rutgers University in New Brunswick

• Did field research in Baltimore with colleague Rebecca Reynolds, interviewing young people about Baltimore Uprising and local news

• Quoted in NJ Star Ledger in article on the influence of social media in Black student protests nationwide

• Published piece in Role/Reboot on how to talk to kids about race

September 2015

• Wrote a piece for Quartz on police attack on professional tennis player , James Blake, during US Open

• Invited to present paper on Tea Party, race, and new at Race and Media conference at the University of New Mexico

• Co-wrote a roundtable discussion on the new television sitcom The Carmichaels with scholars Al Martin and Phillip Cunningham for the media and cultural studies blog Antenna

August 2015

• Invited to co-host the Solomon Jones show on African-American owned WURD radio station in Philadelphia, PA

• Produced "Future women", an episode for an ongoing Open TV web series about Honey Pot Performance in collaboration with Prof. Aymar Jean Christian at Northwestern University.

• A special screening of "Future Women" took place at the University of Chicago Arts +Public Culture Arts + Public Life and Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture

July 2015

• Wrote a piece on the killing of Cecil the Zimbabwean Lion and its intersection with #BlackLivesMatter

• Fun piece on wedding engagements published at Role/Reboot, republished at Mamamia.com, and cited at The Billfold

June 2015

• Interviewed on the NPR show All Thing Considered about race, passing, and the public discussion of Rachel Dolezal

• Was cited in Essence magazine for opinions to read on Rachel Dolezal

• Published piece at Quartz on Rachel Dolezal and the Question of Transraciality

• Participated in panel on the Vice News program Emphasis Added about media representations of the Baltimore riots

• Wrote piece about Black women and the demand for breastmilk for Role/Reboot

• Published a piece about the police officer attack on black girl in McKinney, Texas in Role/Reboot. Republished in ForHarriet.

• Published in Quartz a revised essay about police officer attack on girl in McKinney, Texas.

May 2015

• Presented two papers on Missing White Women research and Tea Party at the International Communication Association conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico

• Quoted in San Jose Mercury News on Internet Racism Targeting President Obama

• Quoted in the Atlanta Journal Constitution about racism directed at President Obama

• My first group of Video Storytelling students at Rutgers produce their news segments on Alcohol on Campus, Adderall Abuse and on Students with Disabilities on Campus

April 2015

• Delivered invited lecture on the news coverage of missing white women for the Department of Geography at Penn State University

• Participated in panel titled Race and Violence as Portrayed (and Perpetuated) by the Media at the University of Pennsylvania

• Wrote a piece about the Baltimore Uprising at Role/Reboot

March 2015

• Published piece on the Starbucks Race Together Initiative at Role/Reboot

• Begin work as a consultant for the PBS Jackie Robinson film by Ken Burns and Florentine Films http://kenburns.florentinefilms.com/films/jackie-robinson/

• Served as an advisor to Reuters leadership on diversity in journalism and recruitment

February 2015

• Participated in panel on #BlackLivesMatter at Drexel University

• Published a paper theorizing the construct of belongingness as a communicative radicalization process in marking public space in the journal Urban Geography

• Interviewed by Rutgers Today on why Black History Month continues to matter.

• Wrote piece on the condition of Black girls in America for Role/Reboot.

• Interviewed by Rutgers Today on the news coverage of the Academy Awards.

• Piece on the marginalization of Black girls in America is published in The Washington Post.

January 2015

• Interviewed on WURD radio about the news media's exclusion of Shaneka Nicole Thompson in reporting on the shooting spree of Ismaiyl Brinsley, who also shot two NYPD officers.

• Interviewed by Vox on the influence of social media on Ferguson and the #blacklivesmatter movement for an article titled Twitter Forced the World to Pay Attention to Ferguson.

December 2014

• Interviewed on WURD radio about the controversy over the UVA rape story in Rolling Stone.

• Published piece in Quartz on why Obama's new top cop, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, is wrong for the job.

• Compiled a Black feminist reading list for Role/Reboot.

• Wrote about getting my feminism from my mother for Role/Reboot.

November 2014

• Interviewed on Philly African-American radio station WURD to discuss the cultural politics of Kim Kardashian and the exploitation of Black women images.

• Published essay in Quartz on why the Black community cannot stay neutral on the Bill Cosby rape allegations

• Wrote a piece for Quartz about why, in the face of Ferguson, Black Americans still have a reason to be hopeful.

• Wrote piece in Role/Reboot case reflecting on the decision to not indict Darren Wilson, the admitted killer of Michael Brown.