EDUCATION

Global change-agents must combine field expertise with serious academic inquiry to tackle the world's most complex issues.

 

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Boston, Massachusetts

  • Doctor of Public Health Student, Cohort 9

Columbia University

New York, New York

  • Department of History

  • M.A., International and Global History, African History

  • Honors: Richard Hofstadter Fellowship (full-scholarship)

University of Oxford

Green Templeton College, Oxford, England

  • Department of International Development and School of Anthropology

  • M.Sc. Migration Studies

  • Honors: Lord Weidenfeld Scholarship and Leadership Programme (full-scholarship)

Spelman College

Atlanta, Georgia

  • Department of International Studies

  • B.A. International Studies

  • Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude

“One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.”
— Malala Yousafzai
 

TEACHING & RESEARCH PROJECTS

 

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA

  • Researcher, Maternal Health Lab; Motherhood Beyond Bars Project

Spelman College, Atlanta, GA

  • Instructor, Department of History; History of African Civilization, II, 1850-present

Barnard College, New York, NY

  • Graduate Teaching Fellow, Department of History; Introduction to African History

  • Graduate Teaching Fellow, Department of History; American Women in the 20th century

Columbia University, New York, NY

  • Graduate Teaching Fellow, Department of History; Modern Caribbean History

  • Teagle Institute Certification in Higher Education Instruction, "Preparing Doctoral Students for 21st Century Teaching"

Imperial War Museum, London, UK

  • Research Specialist on Africa, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) & The British Council

  • Piloted research project on Africa's contribution to World War I & World War II

 

BOARD SERVICE, RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS, FELLOWSHIPS & SCHOLARSHIPS

 
SIPA IFP

INTERNATIONAL FELLOWS PROGRAM (IFP), School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) Fellow, NEW YORK, NY, 2015

 
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Teagle Summer Institute, Preparing Doctoral Students for 21st Century Teaching Initiative Certification, NEW YORK, NY, 2014

 
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Institute for International Public Policy Fellow, ATLANTA - TEL AVIV - KAOLACK, 2005-2010

 
BMW Scholar, 2005-2007ATLANTA, GA

BMW Scholar, ATLANTA, GA, 2005-2007

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Grant Recipient, NEW YORK, NY, 2021

 
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CAIRO, EGYPT, 2007

Global Youth Partnership for Africa Fellow, 2005KAMPALA, UGANDA

Global Youth Partnership for Africa Fellow, KAMPALA, UGANDA, 2005

 

Phi Beta Kappa, Epsilon of Georgia Chapter, ATLANTA, GA, 2006

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Weidenfeld Scholar, OXFORD, UNITED KINGDOM, 2011-2012

Henry Luce Fellow, 2011-2012NOTHERN THAILAND, BORDERING LAOS AND BURMA/MYANMAR

Henry Luce Fellow, NORTHERN THAILAND, BORDERING LAOS AND BURMA/MYANMAR, 2011-2012

 
Researcher, Imperial War Museum London, World War One Project, 2012

Research Expert on Africa, Voices of the First World War Project, Imperial War Museum, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, 2012

Board Member, ATLANTA, GA, 2020-2022

End Human Trafficking ATL, ATLANTA, GA, 2018-2020

Board of Directors, ATLANTA, GA, 2020-2023