Expertise

Much of my research revolves around the enactment of culturally sustaining theory through written and spoken feedback as well as culturally sustaining writing and assessments providing healing spaces for students to write themselves in the world.

  • Culturally Sustaining Literacy Instruction and Assessments/Feedback
  • Wounded Healing
  • Urban Education
Communities
Education
Degrees
PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, Curriculum and Instruction, 2018
MFA, Chicago State University, Creative Writing- African American Diaspora/Fiction Writing, 2012
MA, Roosevelt University, Elementary Education, 2012
BA, University of Illinois at Chicago, English, 2010