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Education:

B.A., Sociology and Anthropology, Spelman College; M.A., African American Studies, Anthropology Concentration, University of California, Los Angeles; PhD., African Diaspora Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Dissertation:

I See You, Sis: Curations of Black Women's Healing Spaces in Oakland, California

Thesis Advisor:

Chiyuma Elliot, Professor of African American Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Research Topic:

The Sacred Geographies of Everyday Black Feminist Healing Arts in Oakland, California

Mentor:

Ian Whitmarsh, Professor of Medical Anthropology, University of California, San Francisco and Erica Kohl-Arenas, Professor of American Studies, University of California, Davis

Current Position:

Assistant Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies, Mission College

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