Experience

• Howard University

  Associate Director, Information and Services Clearinghouse

  Responsible for developing and implementing the program and activities of ISC, an outreach program of the School of Divinity which provided information on secular service delivery programs ("social," "community" or "outreach" ministries) to the African American church community and other faith communities.
  
  Oversight of many of ISC's daily operations, including: director of the continuing education program, inclusive of curriuclum development and program management; grant and proposal writing and reporting; program development and focus; curriculum development for urban ministry; liaison with other organizations and foundations; coordinator of the Regional Alcohol and Drug Awareness Resource (RADAR) Network connection through the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information; and coordination of ISC's production center (editor and creator of ISC's newsletter, Interlock; ISC's periodic news brief, Interlock Info., and ChurchSteps, ISC's guideline series).
  
  Instrumental in the program development for the School of Divinity's pioneering leap into distance learning, which creatively interfaces the local church with the seminary and other non-profit and faith-based institutions around the world. Assisted D.Min. students in preparation of their dissertations. Chairperson of ISC's annual conference and coordinator of HUSD's and ISC's seminars, training institutes, and special activities. Member of the National Steering Committee of the Regional Alcohol and Drug Awareness Resources Network (RADAR), a program of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA). Worked with a wide network of non-profit and religious organizations nationwide with similar missions.

• Howard University

  Senior Research Associate, Maggie L. Walker Biography Project

  Team member of an interdisciplinary project among faculty and students of sociology, anthropology, history and divinity. Conducted extensive archival research and on-site field work to document the life and public career of Maggie L. Walker (1864 - 1934, the first woman bank president in the United States who was also an African American), for the development of a biography of record to be used in the interpretation of her home in Richmond, Virginia as a national Historic Site by the National Park Service.

• Howard University

  Senior Research Assistant and Associate Editor, Research Center on Black Religious Bodies

  Responsible for conducting research on over 1,000 African American religious bodies and writing the majority of the narratives published in the first edition of the "Directory of African American Religious Bodies: A Compendium" by the Howard University School of Divinity, the only such national volume chronicling the African American religious experience from an organizational perspective.

• Shaw University

  Director, The Honors College

  • Responsible for the daily operation of the program, and development and guidance of promising students to seek opportunities and pursue graduate studies and research after graduation.
  
  • Teach honors colloquia and sociology classes (4-5/semester).
  
  • Responsible for curriculum development, academic and social activities, including participation in the National Association of African American Honors Programs and the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge program. Also serves as coach of the HCASC team.
  
  • Responsible for planning and monitoring budget, major and annual reports such as program review and institutional reports and assessment.
  
  • Creates, manages and updates recruitment publication materials and program webpage.
  
  • University liaison/representative to major scholarship and educational programs.
  
  • Member of the academic council and chair/member of several university-wide task forces, including Awards Day, Honors College Advisory Council, Scholarship Selection Committee, Summer School/Continuing Education, General Education Committee, QEP Steering Committee, (writing and budget subcommittees), Faculty Development Committee, SACS Compliance Audit Subcommittee. Plan and implement special activities and programs such as the 140th Anniversary Celebration, University Awards Day, Honors College initiation ceremonies, and others as directed by the university administration.