Professor

Taught major level courses in British literature I and II, the British novel, Romantic literature, Edgar Allan Poe, the history and literature of World War I, senior seminar, Shakespeare, Victorian literature, African American and other cultural traditions, composition, Dragons, Freshman Orientation, Research, Surveillance, Time, World literature, and US Horror literature

Served as Mott University Professor (2017-01-01 to 2020-12-31) for exceptional contributions to the scholarship of teaching and learning

Awarded the 2023 JCSU MLK Peace Award and the JCSU Sit Lux award for publications in 2013–2014; became an Apple Teacher in 2016

Led seminars for the Charlotte Teachers’ Institute on Time (2017-09-01 to 2018-06-30) and on Artificial Intelligence (2024-09-01 to 2025-06-30)

Served on major committees including Academic Calendar Committee; Chair, Academic Catalog Committee; Blue Ocean White House HBCU Initiative Task Force; Center for Race and Social Justice Task Force; Computational Thinking Task Force; JCSU Democratic National Convention Planning Committee; Digital Humanities Working Group; Educational Policies Committee; Chair, Faculty Handbook Committee; Faculty Marshal; Faculty Senate (Senator, Parliamentarian, President, University Trustee 2007-2008); Chair, Faculty Sit Lux Award Committee; HBCU C2 Initiative; Judicial Affairs Committee; Learning Technology Focus Group; Liberal Studies Committee; Presidential Grant Re-Organization Subcommittee; Promotion and Tenure Committee; Public Safety Committee; Quality Enhancement Plan Committee; Re-Accreditation Task Force

Held administrative appointments: Interim Director, Edward E. Crutchfield Center for Integrated Studies (2023-01-01 to 2024-06-30); Faculty Resource Network Liaison and Interim Dean of the College (2020-07-01 to 2022-12-31); Faculty Representative, Strategic Planning Committee (2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31); Director, Freshman Summer Scholars program (2012-06-01 to 2013-08-31); Chair, Department of Languages and Literatures (2011-01-01 to 2017-12-31 and 2019-01-01 to 2020-06-30); Outstanding Chairperson award by the Student Government Association (2012)

Secured over $2.65 million in grants as Principal Investigator or Director, including Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad grant (US Dept. of Education); planning grant for Digital Innovation program (National Endowment for the Humanities); Mellon New Faculty Development Grant; Teaching, Learning, and Solving Problems in the Interdisciplinary Humanities Grant; Establishing Cultural Studies Grant (Andrew W. Mellon Foundation); Director of the Guangdong Baiyun University Center on American Race and Culture grant (US Embassy, Beijing)

Completed leadership training: Academic Leadership Program, Davidson College and JCSU (2020-21 cohort, Duke Endowment); Council of Independent Colleges Department Chair Training Institute