She is an alumna of Indiana University where she was an African-American and African Diaspora Studies professor.
[1] She wrote the book Forgotten Sisterhood about four influential female African American educators in the South.
[2] She was interviewed by a National Park Service Ranger about her research and books on Mary McLeod Bethune.
[5] She was a panelist in the City of Bloomington, Indiana's "Women of Color in the Workplace" Roundtable Discussion.
[6] She reviewed Black Women in the Ivory Tower, 1850-1954: An Intellectual History by Stephanie Y.