February 2022 - Present | Associate Dean for Diversity, Engagement, Culture and Climate, University of Louisville ‐ Office of the Dean, College of Arts & Sciences | |
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Present | Professor, University of Louisville ‐ Department of Political Science | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Honors and Awards
- Anna Julia Cooper Teacher of the Year Award-NCOBPS (2014)
- Grawemeyer Award for Outstanding Instructional Design (2013)
- Faculty Favorite-Delphi Center for Teaching and Learning-University of Louisville (2009, 2006)
- Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Volunteerism and Community Service-University of Louisville (2006)
- Betty J. Cleckley Minority Issues Research Award Finalist (2002)
- William Wells Brown Award for work in the preservation of African American History in Western New York (2002)
- Certificate of Appreciation for Guest Lecture-Neighborhood Leadership Project-United Neighborhoods and United Way of Buffalo & Erie County (2000)
- Certificate of Appreciation for Guest Lecture-The University Committee for Promotion of Tolerance and Diversity-University of Buffalo-State University of New York (1998)
- President's Council for Cornell Women Fellowship-Cornell University (1993)
- Special Minority Fellowship-Cornell University (1990-1993)
- American Political Science Association (APSA) Minority Fellow-Cornell University (1989-1990)
- Storthz Award for Character, Leadership and Scholarship-University of Arkansas at Little Rock (1989)
- American Political Science Association (APSA) The Ralph Bunch Summer Institute for Black Scholars, Southern University (SU) and Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, LA (1988)
Courses
- POLS111 Political Discourse
- POLS201 Introduction to American Government and Politics
- POLS305 Urban Politics
- POLS306 State Government
- POLS326 Public Policy
- POLS/PAS327 Politics of the Black Community
- POLS327 African American Politics
- POLS404 Topics in Political Theory: Black Social and Political Thought
- POLS405 Policy, Class, Race and Gender
- POLS495 Senior Seminar -- Black Social and Political Thought
- POLS495 Senior Seminar -- Race, Ethnicity & Policy
- POLS495 Senior Seminar -- Diversity Politics & Policy
- POLS510 Practicum -- Undergraduate Internship
- POLS609/UPA630 Politics of Urban Policy
1992 - 1996 | Ph. D., Cornell University ‐ Government | |
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1989 - 1992 | M.A., Cornell University ‐ Government | |
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1985 - 1989 | B.A., University of Arkansas at Little Rock ‐ Political Science | |
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Links
Contact Information
Department of Political Science
Ford Hall
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
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