Experience

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Historian of Global Slavery

  • Apr 2023 - Present

• Museum Specialist

  • Apr 2019 - Apr 2023

  Leading research efforts at the Center for the Study of Global Slavery at NMAAHC. Co-lead Slave Wrecks Project and Global Curatorial Project.

• Researcher & Exhibition Development, Center for the Study of Global Slavery

  • Jun 2018 - Apr 2019

  The NMAAHC’s Center for The Study of Global Slavery (CSGS) will prompt and catalyze new work, thought and discussion about the history of slavery, tracing complex trajectories and legacies across the world and across history for and with the widest global public.



Howard University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • May 2017 - Apr 2019

• Teaching Associate

  • Jan 2014 - May 2017

  Teaching associate for Introduction to African Diaspora.

• Content Coordinator

  • Jun 2017 - Apr 2018

  Managing, correcting, and coordinating final scripts for the inaugural exhibitions at NMAAHC. Managing, correcting, and coordinating final scripts for the inaugural exhibitions at NMAAHC.

• Object & Image Collections Database Management

  • Oct 2014 - Apr 2017

  Coordinating the large artifact and image collections at NMAAHC for the inaugural exhibitions and beyond. Coordinating the large artifact and image collections at NMAAHC for the inaugural exhibitions and beyond.


POWER Engineers
• United States
• Engineering Services
• 700 & Above Employee
• Archaeologist

  • Jul 2012 - Jan 2014

Apple
• Indonesia
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Specialist

  • Oct 2011 - Jul 2012

Osher Map Library
• United States
• Education
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Graduate assistant

  • Sep 2010 - May 2011


University of Southern Maine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Assistant

  • 2010 - 2011

  Assisted with the organization of the Introduction of Archaeology and Archaeological Lab Analysis courses. Assisted with laboratory analysis exercises for both classes, including the identification of artifacts, types of ceramic decoration, and lithic analysis. Assisted with the organization of the Introduction of Archaeology and Archaeological Lab Analysis courses. Assisted with laboratory analysis exercises for both classes, including the identification of artifacts, types of ceramic decoration, and lithic analysis.