Objective: 
 
To obtain a position, utilizing my current skills, develop additional skills, while reflecting on any training and or experiences to become a part of an environment that presents innovative professional challenges daily.  
 
Research Scholar and University Professor of English and Literature with 28 years successful teaching in a collegiate setting.  
 Academic Fields – Liberal Studies: African American Identity and Womanisim, The Bible as Literature, Epic of Judgement, and Theocentric Humanities.  
 Instructional Fields: Adult Basic Education, Communications, Dance theory in musical theatre, Developmental Writing, Dual Credit, English Composition 101-102, Advanced English, African American Literature, and World Literature.  
 
Summary of Qualifications:
● Microsoft Word, Power Point, Word Perfect
● Operating Systems: Windows 95/NT – WindowsXP/ Windows Vista Microsoft Office Tools, Internet Research, Word Perfect, Blackboard, Banner, and Moodle  
●Teaching Diverse Learners in the 21st Century, Faculty Workshop: Grambling State University
● EEOC Compliance Training Secession, Office of Finance: Grambling State University
● Turnitin: Programming Coordinator / Blackboard Systems: Grambling State University, Office of Distance Learning
● PDAL-1002 88504 eCampus I
● PDAL-1006 88601 Cooperative Learning II
● PDAL-1006 88602 Cooperative Learning III
● PDAL-1002 88620 Media Cart/ Power Point
● PDAL-1006 88614 L.E.N.S. IV Workshop
● XDLP-2002 87012 Distance Learning eCampus I
● XDLP-2003 87016 Distance Learning eCampus II
● 24 hours staff and professional development working with dyslexic students
● 24 hours staff and professional development working with students of attention deficit disorder (ADD),
● One hundred forty-five hours professional and instructional development in curriculum implementation,
● Sixty-six hours student training and assessment in course Curriculum – Humanities – Liberal Studies,
● 12 hours English as a Second Language (ESOL) East Texas State Commerce, Texas Alternative Teacher Certification Program, Dallas ISD, and Uplift Education System
● Twelve hours English as a Second Language (ESL) Texas Women’s University, Denton, Texas
● Basic Knowledge of Word Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office and Power Point Presentations
● 9 academic hours: Nature & Needs of Developmental Students, Problems & Issues in Developmental Education, and Survey of Non-traditional Students 
 
Education: Los Angeles Development Church & Institute     California, CA 71245 Honoris Causa: Ph.D. Theocentric Humanities  Honorary Graduation year        July 2016 
 
156 hours’ academic research and Independent Studies in the following areas: - African American Identity & Womanisim: Hermeneutics and Theocentricism of  the Christian Black female in the novels of: Zora Neal Hurston, Toni Morrison,  Octavia Spencer and Alice Walker The University of Texas at Dallas       Richardson, TX 75080 ABD: Ph.D., Literature Candidate for Graduation year       December 2016 
 
Academic Recognition The University of Texas at Dallas, Doctoral research, “Dating Jesus, A Womanist Approach to Single Black Women…” recognized by the W.E.B. Dubois Institute, at Harvard University in 2016
– Monique Moultrie, PhD, Harvard Faculty 
156 hours’ academic research and Independent Studies in the following areas:
- African American Identity & Womanisim: Hermeneutics and Theocentricism of  the Christian Black female in the novels of: Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe, Alice Walker, and James Baldwin  
-The Bible as Literature: Family Structure, Fratricide, and the  God nature of Black women in the Bible  
-Epic of Judgment: Browning, Pound, and Milton 
 
Academic Appointments & Acknowledgements Earned:
 Visiting Fellow, English Faculty: Monetary Funding: $6,000: Dillard University, New Orleans, LA 70122
 Recommendation, Dean of Arts & Sciences, Dr. Robert Collins, Professor of Urban Studies and Public Policy Conrad N. Hilton Endowed Professorship, Dillard University, New Orleans, LA, and The University of Texas at Dallas - Arts & Humanities Graduate Studies, Dr. Michael Wilson Associate Dean, September 2013 to December 2013
 Research: The Hermeneutics of black fictional female voices and black female characters. Academic Advisors: Dr. Merlyn Mell, Associate Professor of English & Literary Studies, and Dr. Nancy Dixon, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of English  
 Research globally recognized by and presented at:  o International Research Forum, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, May 19-30, 2013 o James Baldwin Transatlantic Conference, Saint-Charles, Montpellier, June 5-7, 2014
o Fellowship: Grant: $3,170: 2012-13, Big Thought/ Thriving Minds, Teaching Artist Fellow  
Additional Graduate Education (54 graduate hours in American and African American culture, history, and religion 3.5 GPA) 
Grambling State University        

Grambling, LA 71245 Master of Arts, Liberal Studies, FA Graduation year December 1995 
 
Classical, Renaissance, Harlem Renaissance – Black Arts Movement, and Rhetoric and Composition, Grambling State University, Department of English 
 
 Advisers: Dr. Allen Williams, Dean of College of Arts & Humanities (Dance Theory for Broadway, Theater for Children, and grant writing), Dr. Floyd Colman, English Department (Fact, Faith, and Fiction and The Bible as Literature), and Karl Norman
– Director/ Producer, (Fine Arts – Film) 
Academic Appointments & Acknowledgements Earned: 2000 – October
 Fatbacks & Collard Greens – by SANDERS, DESSIE, GRIOT PRODUCTIONS – hosted by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Clarence Muse Café’, Dallas, TX 
 Critiques: former theater critic Tom Sime, 16 years
– Dallas Morning News. And American actor, director, director, producer, and screenwriter -Tyler Perry
 Gospel Play, Fatbacks & Collard Greens: Grambling State University Choir Fundraiser Collaboration, Director, Marcus Rhodes: 2000 - 2006  

Grambling State University Grambling, LA 71245 B. A., Speech & Theater, Fine Arts Graduation year, December 1993 Contemporary, and African American culture, with emphasis in dance theory – musical theater, play writing, and costumes & makeup
 Advisers: Dr. Allen Williams, Dean, Dance for Theater, Steve Chapin – Stage and Lighting, John Rutello- Costume Design (Fashion), Exterior & Interior design, and Make-up, and Karl Norman – Director/ Producer 

Academic Recognition December 1993 – 2000 Summer
 Internship: Grant: 20k: Summer Youth Program – Theater for Children, (Acting & African Dance) South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
 Costume & Make-up Director, Dedra Lynn Theater
 Event Coordinator, Harambee Festival, Willie Minor Productions, Dallas, Texas

Work Experience: 
Southwood High School – Educator: English AP – 12, Caddo Parish Schools, 9000 Walker Rd., Shreveport, LA 71118 2022 – present,

(Contracted) The Kids of 1837 Foundation – Executive Board Member - Treasurer, Houston, TX 77042 – 501(c)3, Non-profit - IRS TX 2018 – present, (Contracted)
 Works collaboratively with the Historically black colleges’ & universities’ administrators, faculty, and staff with recruitment efforts
 Conduct, organize and plan program meetings  
 Manage Grant writing & fundraising for arts & culture
 Manage Educational grants and funding for scholarships for at-risk students in low income areas
 Manage grants and funding for preservation of hbcu’s totaling $455K for year one of a three-year grant
 Prepare weekly meetings for executive board members  

The Michelle Obama Academy of Arts & Humanities, (MOIAAH), 501c3, non-profit organization, CEO and Founder: Dallas, TX – Certified At – Risk Secondary Texas Educator: English and Liberal Studies, Fine Arts.  2014-present 
 
Duties
 Instruct Educational activities and events for secondary scholars grades 9-12, surrounding historically black colleges and universities, (HBCUs) for recruitment  
  Prepare weekly lesson plans on a secondary and collegiate level
  Create strategies for fundraisers, grants, and sponsorships  
 Advise clients about college fairs, college road trips, and school related activities  
 Develop a schedule timeline for and with each client in preparation for fall and spring semesters; along with the UPWARD Bound and arts and culture summer programs
 Provide staff with academic advisement for recruiting graduating high school students, through one-on-one contact per campus administrators  
 Mentor students with undecided majors
 Coordinate strategies for organizing HBCU events