Vita’

Disclaimer: The more I learned, the more I knew I had more to learn, therefore always feeling dumber than before. So, like the Energizer Bunny, I kept going and going and going.

The photograph on the right is where I lived while studying at L’Abbaye on the left.

L’Abbaye de Pontlevoy (Photo credit: philip john jones)

Ph.D. in Urban Higher Education, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; 2007

Areas of Specialization: Urban Higher Education; Native Americans in Higher Education

Dissertation: Mississippi Native Voices: Degrees of Reflection Toward the Terminal Degree

The L’Abbaye de Pontlevoy, France. 2007. The European-American Center for International Education: an innovative approach to cultural immersion in France’s historic Loire Valley.

Chateaux Chambord, Loire Valley, France (Photo credit: DBduo Photography)

Secondary Education:                          Sallis High School

Colleges attended:

Holmes Junior College                     A. A

Delta State College                              B. A., English, French

AL A & M University                          M. Ed., Special Education

AL A & M University                          M. S., Counseling Psychology

Jackson State University                  Ph. D., Urban Higher Education

Honors:                                                             Valedictorian

Alpha Psi Omega

5,000 Personalities of the World

International Who’s Who Among Intellectuals

Personalities of the South

World’s Who’s Who of Women

Positions Held:

2007-present                                                   Director, Team FREDNET, The Open Space Society, Inc.

2007-2010                                                       Director, Campus Diversity, Mississippi Valley State University

2005                                                                   Administrator, New Woman, All Women, Birmingham,

2002-2005                                                       Consultant, Huntsville, AL

1994-2002                                                       Administrator, Healthcare Center of Huntsville

1987-1995                                                       Instructor All Psychology Courses, Calhoun Community College Huntsville