Her research trajectory merges qualitative and rhetorical research design in the areas of identity, social justice, performance, art activism, and digital media. She is an award-winning scholar and teacher, including the Golden Anniversary Monograph Award for her research on black masculinity and the performative possibilities of social media, the Lilla A. Heston award for Outstanding Scholarship in Interpretation and Performance Studies for her work on embodied pedagogies and social justice, and the recipient of the Faculty Excellent Award for Diversity and Social Justice. She has published articles in several journals including Qualitative Inquiry, Critical Studies in Media and Communication, Text & Perform [...]