Director
8/97 – Present Operation Half-Note Incorporated Founder and Director
8/96 – Present Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor (tenured) Kentucky State University
9/92 – 9/96 Belleville High School Instructor
Awards/Honors
National Dean's List Departmental Honors, Fisk University, Eastern Michigan University, Graduate Assistantship University of Kentucky Commonwealth Incentive Award Who's Who Among College and University Professors Kentucky State University College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Service Award, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Woman of the Year KCTCS – 1st Annual African American Recognition Breakfast – Honoree Bluegrass Alliance for Women - Legacy Award Nominee Governor's Award in the Arts, Individual Award for Arts Education in Kentucky Kentucky Colonel KSU Girls Rock – Faculty/ Staff Honoree Commitment to Black Excellence - Honoree
Commitment to Black Excellence - Honoree
Leadership Training
Scott Hawkins Leadership Institute (The Links, Incorporated) 2009-2011 Leadership Kentucky 2009 cohort Executive Leadership Summit, 2012
Board Memberships
Frankfort Arts Foundation
E.S.C.A.P.E. Route (Enforcement of Strategies to Combat Abuse and Promote Empowerment)
Grants Awarded
Kentucky Arts Council – Community Arts Grant Title III Strengthening Grant KSU Foundation - Community Arts Grant
Research Activities
CESKA, (Center for Excellence in the Study of Kentucky African Americans) funded project: Black Notes in the Blue Grass. A paper exploring the contributions of the Kentucky-born African American Musicians.
Dissertation: Female African American Presidents in Higher Education: Is There A Particular Journey