Leadership, Community Engagement, & Academic Involvement

  • Paper Presentation, “ Men at the Margins: the Undrafted Story of the 98%,” Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association Conference in New Orleans | 2015
  • Social Co-Chair, Southern Studies Program, University of Mississippi | 2014-2015
  • Research Assistant, Southern Foodways Alliance “Counter Histories” Film Series | 2014
  • Promotional Photographer, "More Than a Meal" Feeding Ministry, Oxford, MS | 2014
  • Organizer & Panelist, All Bodies Have Voice Panel, University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL | 2013
  • Co-Creator, "All Bodies Are Beautiful" Body Positivity Calendar, University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL | 2013
  • Cognitive Linguistics Research Panelist, “The Old Dog and Its Tricks: Adult Second Language Acquisition and the Critical Period Hypothesis,” Alabama Modern Language Conference in Tuscaloosa, AL | 2013
  • College Staff Member, YMCA Alabama Youth in Government Civic Engagement Program | 2009-2013
  • PARC Representative, National Outreach Scholarship Conference in Tuscaloosa, AL | 2012
  • Head of Social Media, Honors College Assembly, University of Alabama | 2011-2012
  • PARC Representative, Lifetime of Learning Conference in Montevallo, AL | 2011
  • New College Representative, Consortium of Innovative Environments in Learning in Seattle, WA | 2011
  • University of Alabama Delegate, State of Alabama College Legislature Conference in Montgomery, AL |2011
  • Intern, District Office of Congressman Mike Rogers in Opelika, AL | 2010
  • University of Alabama Delegate, Duke University Model United Nations Conference in Durham, NC | 2009
  • Volunteer, Child Advocacy Center of East Alabama | 2007-2009

 

Awards & Achievments

  • Lucille and Motee Daniels Graduate Paper Award: Most Outstanding Graduate Student Term Paper | 2014
  • University of Alabama Outstanding Performance in a Seminar Award: “Gender, Sexuality, and Popular Culture” | 2013

 

Published Works

  • Photo with Southern Poverty Law Center article “LOS Joins ‘Southern Heritage’ Activists In University of Mississippi March” | 2014
  • Biographies on Alabama Archives’ “Alabama Academy of Honor” Website | 2013