Professor, Division of Teacher Education, Wayne State University
Principal Investigator, Metro Detroit TRUE Project (funded by US Department of Education)
Principal Investigator, Shifting Urban Narratives: Youth Civic Engagement and America's Future (funded by Schultz Family Foundation, part of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Grand Challenges Competition)
Principal Investigator, Project MITTEN: Michigan Initiative to Transform Educational and Equity Networks (funded by the National Education Association)
President, American Educational Studies Association (2018-19)
Editor, Educational Studies Journal (2014-17)
Ph.D. in Cultural Studies in Education and Minor in African American and African Studies, The Ohio State University
B.A. in Liberal Studies and M.A. in Educational Administration, University of California-Riverside