Kentucky 16th District PTA Advisory Board Kentucky State Textbook Commission Athens Elementary, Advisory Council Community Action Council Advisory Board YMCA Black Achievers Advisory Council

Awards and Honors:

Sabbatical Fall, 2014

KABHE Dr. Joseph McMillan Faculty Teaching Award (2013)

EKU College of Education Dean's Research Award Nominee (2009)

EKU College of Education Dean's Teaching Award Nominee (2009)

EKU College of Education Dean's Service Award Nominee (2008)

Dissertation Student Support Award, African American Studies, University of Kentucky Dissertation

Grant, Collaborative Center for Literacy Development, University of Kentucky Dissertation Research

Award, Pauline C. Young Scholarship Foundation, Inc.

Employee Recognition Award, Kentucky Department of Education Achievement Award,

Kentucky Department of Education Commonwealth Incentive Award, University of Kentucky

Professional Affiliations:

American Counseling Association (ACA)

*Association for Assessment in Counseling & Education (AACE) (Past Chair)

*Association for Multicultural Counseling & Development (AMCD)

Kentucky Counseling Association (KCA)

*Kentucky Association for Assessment in Counseling & Education (KAACE)

Association for Blacks in Higher Education (AABHE)

*Kentucky Association of Blacks in Higher Education (KABHE) President (2015)

*Kentucky Association of Blacks in Higher Education (KABHE) External Affairs Chair (2012-2015)

*Kentucky Association for Blacks in Higher Education- (KABHE) State Faculty Representative (2006-2012)

Lexington Area Association of Black Psychologists (LAABPsi)

National Social Science Association (NSSA)

American Psychological Association (APA)

Emerging Scholars Interdisciplinary Network (ESIN)

Association for the Advancement of Educational Research (AAER)

National Council for Black Studies (NCBS)

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