Educational Background
What I’ve Learned
August 2020 - Current
University of North Carolina at Greensboro/North Carolina A&T University
PhD, Joint Social Work Program
Program: Joint PhD Program in Social Work
Research Interest: religious based violence and trauma, spirituality, trauma informed community building, African Americans, identity politics
September 2016 - May 2017
Boston University School of Theology
School: School of Theology
Concentration: Constructive Theology and Ethics
Research Focus: Religious and Racial Violence and Trauma, Black Queer Identity Politics, Purity Culture, Sexual Ethics
August 2014 - May 2016
Duke Divinity School
Program: Dual Master of Divinity/Master of Social Work
Research Topic: Religious/Spiritual Trauma, Black Church, Identity Formation
Final Research Project: "When These Walls Talk: Trauma, Lived Ecclesiology, & Vocational Identity in the Black Church"
August 2013 - May 2016
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work
Program: Dual Master of Divinity/Master of Social Work Graduate
Concentration: Community, Management, and Public Policy
Research Interests: Religious and Spiritual Trauma, Black Identity Politics, Black Church
Final Research Project: Telling the Stories of a Bruised Body: A Needs Assessment for Addressing Spiritual Trauma in Black Church Spaces
January 2010 - May 2012
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Degree: Bachelors in Arts
Majors: Psychology and Women and Gender Studies