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I am a PhD Candidate in Geography at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. I am ​a cultural geographer, and my primary research areas are geographies of memory ​and Black geographies, specifically public memory, historic preservation, heritage ​tourism, and critical place naming.

I am the Graduate Research Assistant for the Beauford Delaney Papers, recently ​acquired by the University of Tennessee special collections. Beauford Delaney was ​a Black American artist from Knoxville, Tennessee who is becoming recognized as ​one of the preeminent abstract expressionist artists from the United States. In ​addition to assisting with the descriptive cataloging and finding aid for the ​collection, my work includes preparing physical and digital exhibitions, conducting ​oral histories, and promoting the research value of the collection through public ​programming.

I am a research fellow for Tourism RESET (Race, Ethnicity, and Social Equity in ​Tourism), a multi-university and interdisciplinary research and outreach initiative ​that seeks to identify, study, and challenge patterns of social inequity in the ​tourism industry.

I hold a MS in Historic Preservation from Eastern Michigan University, with a ​concentration in heritage interpretation and museum practice. I earned a BA in ​History from the University of Michigan-Dearborn.

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