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Selected Presentations & Appearances


Black Women’s Religion and Their Health: When Individual and Institutional Factors Intersect - Dr. Richard Payne Lecture on Faith, Justice, and Healthcare · November 2025 Keynote/Named Lecture Duke University , Durham, NC
Resilience in Conversation with Radical Brown: Reconsidering our Approach with Black Girls. - SRCD Biennial Meeting · May 2025 Invited Talk Society for Research in Child Development , Minneapolis, MN
Contexts and Collaborations, Key Factors for Understanding and Achieving African American Health Equity - NIMHD Health Disparities Research Institute · August 2024 Invited Talk NIH/NIMHD, Bethesda, MD
Racial Equity in Research: Integration from Beginning to End · January 2024 Invited Talk Children's National Hospital , Washington, DC
The Context and Consequences of Structural Racism: A Primer - Structural Racism Workshop · April 2023 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium American Thoracic Association, Virtual
Are Racial Health Disparities Moving Targets or Are They a Feature of Social Drivers of Health? - Duke SOM Dean’s Distinguished Research Series · March 2023 Invited Talk Duke University , Durham, NC
GODART 50th Anniversary - American Library Association Annual Convention · June 2022 International Meeting or Conference American Library Association, Virtual/Washington, DC
#Truth Hurts...But It Can Also Heal: Why We Need Honest History Lessons - Pearson BOLD Black History Month Celebration · February 2022 International Meeting or Conference Pearson Education Global, Virtual
This is not normal: Changing what is acceptable and actionable in achieving racial health equity in birth outcomes - Grand Rounds-OBGyn · December 2021 Invited Talk University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill
African American Health, the ‘Racial Reckoning’ and the Push for Health Equity - Tech for Justice · April 2021 Invited Talk IBM-International Business Machines, Virtual
The Whole Picture: Examining Black Women Through the Lifespan - 6th Annual African Psychology Student Association Conference · April 2021 Invited Talk Bowie State University, Virtual
Black Women & Reproductive Justice: A Lifelong Health Issue - 11th Annual Dr. Bertha Maxwell-Riddey Lecture · October 2019 Keynote/Named Lecture University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
For Health Equity, Context Matters · May 2018 International Meeting or Conference Renmin University, Beijing, China
Faith, Hope, & Healing - American Association of Education Research (AERA) and the San Francisco Human Rights Commission · April 2018 Invited Talk American Association of Education Research (AERA) and the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, New York, NY
Teaching for Social Justice: Enhancing Communication, Improving School Climate - University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Secondary English Education Program Annual Conference · 2014 Visiting Professorship Lecture University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship


Bass Connections Team Leader - Sex and Contraception Among College and Graduate Students During COVID-19 · 2020 - 2021 Projects & Field Work flag North Carolina COVID-19
Story+ Project Leader - Story+ · 2019 Projects & Field Work

Service to the Profession


Chair, Black Caucus · April 2025 - April 2027 Event/Organization Administration Society for Research in Child Development