"Civil War Songs and Stories," Nashville Public Television. Renaissance Center, May 2011.

Featured as expert on the Fisk Jubilee Singers and original troupe member Ella Sheppard Moore.

“Once Works Are Gone, They're Gone Forever: Fisk Stieglitz Collection.” The Tennesseean. March 17, 2007.

U.S. History African American History Tennessee History Modern Civil Rights Movement History of Education The African Diaspora Caribbean History Women's History

Lecturer, Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee HIST 1020: World History II, HIST 2010: American History I & HIST 2020: American History II

Teacher's Assistant, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

HIST 170: U.S. History to 1877, HIST 275: Modern America, HIST 188: World War II, HUM 161: History of New Orleans through Katrina & HIST 166/ECON 245: History of American Enterprise.

Crystal A. deGregory is a historian and storyteller whose research interests include black higher education and college student activism, with a specific focus on historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Dr. deGregory also serves as the founder and executive editor of HBCUstory, an advocacy initiative preserving, presenting, and promoting inspiring stories of HBCUs past and present, for their future. A favored public speaker and gifted orator, Dr. deGregory offers a wide-range of expertise on multiple topics including history, culture, education, black fraternity and sorority life, and of course, HBCUs. In addition to regularly contributing to HBCUstory.org and The HBCU Digest, her words have appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, and The Tennessee. She has presented to audiences at TEDx, SXSWedu, The New School, Ford, Nissan North America, National Institutes of Health, and numerous American colleges and universities. A widely-published writer and editor, her newest works include an epilogue for The Athletic Experience at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and chapters in Black Colleges in the Diaspora: Global Perspectives on Identity and Culture and Gumbo for the Soul: Liberating Memoirs and Stories to Inspire Females of Color. Dr. deGregory also serves as founder editor-in-chief of The Journal of HBCU Research + Culture, an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal that publishes scholarly articles relating to HBCUs and the HBCU experience. As the convener of the HBCU story symposium, she has organized two-day meetings of scholarly research and case studies outlining the historic and contemporary value of HBCUs. The convenings have featured more than 100 presenters to date. A proud native of The Bahamas and a Phi Beta Kappa alumna of the historic Fisk University, she also earned Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in history from Vanderbilt University, and a Master of Education from Tennessee State University. Among her many professional and civic affiliations is trusteeship of The Kamalamee Organization and membership with Delta Sigma Thea Sorority, Incorporated.