Past Keynote Lectures, Trainings & Podcast Appearances

​American Association of Colleges & Universities
"Success Mindsets & Hip-Hop Culture"
March 23, 2024

University of South Carolina
Cultural Leadership Conversations with Dr. Nicole Cooke
"The Hip-Hop Mindset"
January 31, 2024

University of Southern California
"Transformative Teaching Practices"
December 7, 2023

University of South Carolina
Medical School
"Professional Civility in Graduate Education"
November 15, 2023

Madison Technical College
Navigationalist Tour
"The Hip-Hop Mindset"
November 13, 2023

The College of New Jersey
Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority
Making Achievement Continuous Conference
"The Hip-Hop Mindset"
November 11, 2023

Hip-Hop Association of Advancement & Education
Global Conference on Hip-Hop Education
"The Hip-Hop Mindset"
November 9, 2023

SC Honors College
Lunch & Learn
"The Hip-Hop Mindset"
November 3, 2023

University of South Carolina
College of Arts & Sciences IMPACT Conference
"The Hip-Hop Mindset"
November 1, 2023

National Women Studies Association
National Conference
"Creating the World We Want: Girls Using Hip-Hop,
Spoken Word Poetry, & Films as Resistance" "
October 29, 2023

American Association of University Women
SC State Meeting
"The Hip-Hop Mindset"
October 21, 2023

Penn State University
College of Education, Alumni Lecture Series
"The Hip-Hop Mindset"
October 19, 2023

Greenville Technical College
Courageous Conversations
"The Hip-Hop Mindset"
October 17, 2023

SCETV
Carolina Classrooms Special Episode
"The Hip-Hop Mindset"
October 19, 2023

Uncommon Naledge Podcast
"The Hip-Hop Mindset"
October 2, 2023

East TN State University
Leadership Symposium
"Integrating Racial Topics Across the Curriculum"
September 28, 2023

The College of New Jersey
Department of Women Studies 
"The Hip-Hop Mindset"
September 21 & 22, 2023

The Gardner Institute
Transformative Conversations 
"The Hip-Hop Mindset"
September 20, 2023

University of Buffalo
"The Hip-Hop Mindset"
July 21, 2023

California Council of Cultural Centers
"What Matters the Most: Strategy as Self-Care"
June 28, 2023

Penn State University
The Stoop: Spoken Word Event
April 27, 2023

Madison Area Technical College
"Navigating Higher Education"
October 26, 2022

Alhambra School District
"Family, Community & Education"
October 31, 2022

University of California-Davis
"Navigating Tension in the Workplace"
November 8, 2022

University of California Riverside
"Recovering from Trauma in Higher Education"
August 4, 2022

John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Office of Student Leadership
"The Hip Hop Mindset"
March 23, 2022
New York, NY
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University of California Berkley
“What Matters Most: Leading Boldly”
August 10, 2021 

University of Southern California
Provost Campus-Wide Learning Initiative
“Fostering & Sustaining Transformative Classrooms”
August 13, 2021

University of Southern California
Idyllwild Arts Academy
"Understanding Community In Schools"
October 13, 2021
 Idyllwild, CA

University of Southern California
"Cultivating and Sustaining Transformative Classrooms"
October 15, 2021
Richmond, VA
 
University of Houston-Gateway Faculty
"Inclusive Excellence in Higher Education"
October 29, 2021
Houston, TX
 
Galveston College
"Transformative Pedagogy in Higher Education"
November 5, 2021
Galveston, TX

Association for the Study of Higher Education
International Conference
“Do They See Us? A Visual Call to Remember Faculty and Staff Mattering & Pandemic Life in Higher Education"
November 6, 2021
San Juan, Puerto Rico

​Towson University 
Office of Student Diversity
"Cultural Heritage And Leadership"
November 17, 2021
Towson, MD
 
Skyline College
Moving in the Momentum of the Willing
December 3, 2021
San Bruno, CA
 
University of Southern California
Houston Guided Pathways 
Professional Development Training
Inclusive Pedagogy Training
July 16, 2021

American Association of University Women-National
Social Change Ambassadors Institute
Professional Development Training 
July 13, 2021
 
University of Southern California Race Equity Center
Inglewood Unified School District
Professional Development Training
“Affirming Students' Cultural Histories”
June 2, 2021

​University of South Carolina
National Fellowships & Scholar Programs/ SC Honors College
Last Lecture Series 
“The Hip-Hop Mindset
April 19, 2021
 
American Association of University Women-SC Chapter
Professional Development Training
April 14, 2021

John Jay College of Criminal Justice
​Keynote Lecture
"Self-Care, Womanhood & the Academy"
March 18, 2021

University of South Carolina
Keynote Lecture
"The Hip-Hop Mindset"
 February 18, 2021

​University of Southern California
Los Angeles Unified School District
Professional Development Trainings
"Affirming Students  Cultural Histories"
September 11, 2020
"Recovering from Crisis in Schools"
November 2, 2020
"Cultivating Relationships with Communities & Families "
December 11, 2020
 
City of Columbia Kwanzaa Celebration 
Keynote Lecture
"The Audacity in the Ordinary"
December 30, 2019