She earned dual Ph.Ds. in Ethnomusicology and Cultural Anthropology from Indiana University, Bloomington, and a BA-MA in Music-Education with minor in Mathematics, from Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY). Her research encompasses the musical, cultural, linguistic, and ritual expressions of the African Diaspora, with particular emphasis on the connections between Africa, the Caribbean and the United States. She has conducted research on kweh-kweh, an African Guyanese pre-wedding ritual, and is currently researching the culture and identity of the Gullah-Geechee of South Carolina. Dr. Richards-Greaves also serves as the Assistant Director for the Charles Joyner Institute for Gullah and African Diaspora Studies at Coastal Carolina University.