Degrees

• Ph.D., 2009, Tulane University, Latin American Studies
• M.A., 2005, Tulane University, Latin American Studies
• B.A., 2002, Southwestern University, Spanish

Academic Experience

• Assistant Director, The New Orleans Center for the Gulf South, New Orleans, 2016-Present
• Adjunct Professor of Spanish, Southern University of New Orleans, January 2013-2015
• Professor of Spanish, Wofford College, 2009-2011
• Adjunct Professor of Spanish, Xavier University, 2007-2009
• Adjunct Professor of Spanish, Tulane University, 2007-2009

Distinctions

• Jazz and Heritage Foundation Grant, Les Cenelles, Fall 2019
• College Track Award for the Value of Excellence, Winter 2015
• Xavier University Goes Global Faculty Award, Spring 2013
• Literary Writing Residency, Martha's Vineyard, 2013
• Tinker Research Grant Tulane University, 'Cuban Hip hop' 2003

Languages

• Spanish
• Portuguese

Related Experience

• College Track/Delgado Community College Partnership Coordinator, New Orleans, 2014-2016
• College Completion Advisor, College Track New Orleans, 2014-2016
• Interim Advisor Services Manager, Urban League College Track, Summer 2014
• Program Coordinator, Urban League of Greater New Orleans, Summer 2012
• Multi-Cultural Affairs and Diversity Education Director, Wofford College, 2011
• Co-coordinator of African and African-American Studies Program, Wofford College, 2009-2011

Selected Publications

• The Nickel: A History of African-Descended People in Houston’s Fifth Ward
• Playing White: Whiteness and Goat in the Road’s The Uninvited