Keynote Lectures, Trainings & Podcast Appearances
American Association of Colleges & Universities
Conference on Diversity, Equity & Student Success
"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
USC Race Equity Center
"Inclusive Classrooms & 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
Equity Symposium
"Integrating Racial Topics Across the Curriculum"
September 28, 2023
The College of New Jersey
Department of Women Studies & Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
"The Hip-Hop Mindset"
September 21 & 22, 2023
The Gardner Institute
Transformative Conversations
"The Hip-Hop Mindset"
September 20, 2023
University of Buffalo
Teaching Black History Conference
"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
University of Southern California
October 4, 2022
Madison Area Technical College
"Navigating Higher Education"
October 26, 2022
Alhambra School District
"Family, Community & Education"
October 31, 2022
University of California-Davis
"Navigating Issues of Race in the Workplace"
November 8, 2022
University of California Riverside
"Recovering from Racial 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
University of California Berkley
Chief Diversity Officer Roundtable
“What Matters Most”
August 10, 2021
University of Southern California
Provost Campus-Wide Learning Initiative
“Fostering & Sustaining Inclusive Classrooms”
August 13, 2021
University of Southern California
Race Equity Center
Idyllwild Arts Academy
"Understanding Systemic Racism In Schools"
October 13, 2021
Idyllwild, CA
University of Southern California
Race Equity Center
Moonshot For Equity
"Cultivating and Sustaining Inclusive Classrooms"
October 15, 2021
Richmond, VA
University of Houston-Gateway Faculty
Inclusive Teaching Symposium
"Inclusive Excellence in Higher Education"
October 29, 2021
Houston, TX
Galveston College
"Inclusive 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
"Sankofa Family Ties:
Cultural Heritage And Leadership"
November 17, 2021
Towson, MD
The Equity Institute
Moving in the Momentum of the Willing: Building Strategies for Integrating Equity into Academic Instruction
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
Unconscious Bias
July 13, 2021
University of Southern California Race Equity Center
Inglewood Unified School District
Professional Development Training
“Affirming Students Racial Identities and 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
Unconscious Bias
April 14, 2021
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Africana Studies & The Women's Center
Keynote Lecture
"Self-Care, Black Womanhood & the Academy"
March 18, 2021
University of South Carolina
Diversity Leadership Conference
Keynote Lecture
"The Hip-Hop Mindset"
February 18, 2021
University of Southern California
Race Equity Center
Los Angeles Unified School District
Professional Development Trainings
"Affirming Students Racial Identities and Cultural Histories"
September 11, 2020
"Eliminating Racial Disproportionality in School Discipline"
October 26, 2020
"Recovering from Racial Crisis in Schools"
November 2, 2020
"Cultivating Relationships with Communities & Families of Color"
December 11, 2020
City of Columbia Kwanzaa Celebration
Keynote Lecture
"The Audacity in the Ordinary"
December 30, 2019