• Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society, Charter Member (2019)
• Kentucky State University Honor Societies, Co-Chair (2019-present)
• League 24 Presidential Ambassador, Executive Council Member (2019-present)
• National Alliance of Black School Educator Student Organization, Faculty Advisor (2019-present)
• Honors Convocation Service, Chair (2018-present)

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

• American Educational Research Association, Reviewer (2018-2019)
• Journal of Education & Urban Society, Reviewer (2017-2020)
• West Virginia University Press, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, Reviewer (2020)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Yates, L., Emanuel, S. L., Holloway, C., Brown, M., McFayden, E. & Barber-Freeman, P. T. (2020, Apr 17 - 21) Having Our Say: Voices of African American Male Preservice Teachers [Roundtable Session]. AERA Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA http://tinyurl.com/vxjn3ph (Conference Canceled)

Yates, L., Cleveland, R., Emanuel, S., & Freeman, P. (January 6, 2020). The Relationship Between Selected Demographic Variables and Graduate Students' Sense of Academic Entitlement. Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI.

Cleveland, R., Yates, L., Emanuel, S. (January 5, 2020). Equity and Culture Audits: A Viable Approach for School Improvement. Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI.

Emanuel, S., Yates, L., Cleveland, r., & Dailey, M. (January 4, 2020). Hard copy or Electronic Textbooks: How a Historically Black University Decided to Keep Learning Affordable. Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI.

Yates, L., Elder, E., Emanuel, S. & Sekwat, A. (2018). Does Perseverance and Passion in Graduate Students in Tennessee Contribute to the Degree of Imposter Phenomenon? Presented at the Athens Institute for Education and Research. Athens, Greece.

Yates, L., & Emanuel, S.L. (July 2018). Dissertation Puzzlement. Annual RACE Mentoring Conference. Nashville, TN.

Yates, L., Barber-Freeman, P.T., Elder, E., Moore, J., Vairez, M.R., Emanuel, S., & Sekwat, A. (April 2018). Demographic Factors as Correlates to Graduate Students' Experience of the Imposter Phenomenon at a Historically Black University in the Mid-South. Presented at The American Educational Research Association (AERA). New York, NY.

Emanuel, S. & Roberts-Lewis, K. (June 2017). The Black Lives Matter Movement: The Re-Education of the Next Generation of Civil Rights Leaders. Presented at the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE). Fort Worth, TX.

Emanuel, S. (April 2017). Retention and Persistence for Students of Color in STEAM at Predominately White Institutions. Presented at the National Partnership for Educational Access (NPEA) Annual Conference. Boston, MA.

Orok, M., Roberts-Lewis, K. & Emanuel, S. (2016). E-Voting: A New Model of Democracy in Ghana. Technology