Education
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro/Sociology , B.A. 1999
- Ohio University/Cultural Studies , M.Ed. 2002
- Ohio University/Women's Studies 2002
- University of Virginia/Sociology , Ph.D. 2009
Positions
- Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies/Research Fellow 2004 - 2005
- Department of Media Studies, University of Virginia/Instructor 2005 - 2009
- Department of Sociology, Mississippi State University/Assistant Professor 2009 - 2013
- Department of Sociology, University of Virginia/Instructor 2006 - 2009
- Program of African American Studies, Mississppi State University/Affiliate Faculty 2009 - 2013
- Program of African American Studies, University of Virginia/Instructor 2005 - 2009
- Program of Gender Studies, Mississippi State University/Affiliate Faculty 2009 - 2013
Awards and Honors
- Affiliate Faculty, Institute for African American Studies, 2013
- Arts & Sciences Faculty of the Month, Mississippi State University 2011
- Arts & Sciences Researcher of the Year, Mississippi State University 2012
- Charles Phelps Taft Memorial Lecturer, 2016
- Distinguished Faculty Award, Z Society (secret society), University of Virginia 2009
- Finalist, C. Wright Mills Book Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems 2013
- Honorable Mention, Association for Humanist Sociology Book Award , 2013
- Inductee, Minerva Society, University of North Carolina at Greensboro 2013
- James E. Blackwell Distinguished Paper Award, American Sociological Association 2009
- Letter of Recognition, Z Society (secret society), University of Virginia 2008
- Prevention for a Safer Society (PASS) Book Award, National Council on Crime and Delinquency 2011
- State Pride Faculty Award, Mississippi State University 2011
- State Pride Faculty Award, Mississippi State University 2010
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