Research Projects
RESEARCH AREAS
Social Justice, Race relations, the Post-Reconstruction Era, American South, Oral Histories/Qualitative Methods, Education in the South, Digital Humanities, intersections of gender and race, archival studies, civil rights activism, preservation studies, heritage studies, community studies, and public history
Current Article and Manuscript Projects in Progress
Transforming the Authority of the Archive: Undergraduate Pedagogy and Critical Digital Archives, (Book Chapter), “Building Sustainable Collaborations at an HBCU: Reflections on Connecting Classrooms, Archives, and Community Partners”, Lever Press, Fall of 2022.
Co-Editor, Special Issue of Southern Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the South v. 30, n. 1 (Spring 2023).
Southern Communities of Color and University Relations at a HBCU: An Examination of the History of Community Relations and Recent Faculty Community Engagement Activities at Prairie View A &M University, Special Issue of Southern Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the South v. 30, n. 1 (Spring 2023).
The Crucial Conversation, Co-authored book chapter, “Humanizing the Impact of COVID-19 on College Students at a Regional HBCU” (Spring 2023)
The Hill’ We Climbed: A History of Prairie View A&M University Co-authored book chapter contribution: “Prairie View’s Female Vanguard and the Movement for Racial Equality in Texas during the 1900s” (abstract accepted by editors)
Digital Humanities Projects
"Digitizing the Black Experience in Waller County, TX"
https://resilientdh.org/projects/digitizing-the-black-experience-in-waller-county-texas/
(visit website above)
Waller County, Texas, has a rich history stretching back to the antebellum period of American history. Tied to this long history are the experiences of African Americans as slaves, freed people and second class citizens during the Jim Crow era. Likewise, a central part of Waller County’s historical narrative and the black experience in the area is the story of Prairie View A & M University. This project’s focus is to create an interactive online map with an app portal in order to make this important history more accessible to the general public, grade school and college students. Key to accomplishing this task is integrating various aspects of black local history into an interactive online map which functions as a voice narrated three dimensional virtual tour of historical markers and sites around Waller County and on the campus of Prairie View. More specifically, as it relates to the digital humanities, the project’s primary aim is historical preservation through using various digital technologies, but also to recover the historical impact and cultural contributions of black residents of Waller County. The merger of current digital techniques, app technology and Waller County’s black history provides a dynamic interface from which to study history.
Using Technology to Examine the Black Experience in DeSoto County, Mississippi: Creating a 3-D model of and Exploring the History of Dabney Lane
Dabney Lane was a community of African American tenant farmers and sharecroppers located southwest of Hernando, Mississippi during the early 1900s. The focus of this project is to reconstruct the wood dwellings, wells, outhouses and physical environments from the Jim Crow Era based on pictures of structures from the era and the oral testimonies of former residents using the software LUMION. The project is in its initial stages and is ongoing. The ultimate goal is the create a website to display the collected data. (PICTURE GALLERY BELOW)
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