Education

University of North Carolina at Greensboro – Greensboro, North Carolina

            2017 – Ph.D. in United States History

Dissertation: Fighting Within the Bar: Judge Elreta Alexander and Civil Rights Advocacy in Greensboro, North Carolina

University of North Carolina at Greensboro – Greensboro, North Carolina

2015 – Post-baccalaureate Certificate in African American and African Diaspora Studies

University of Montana – Missoula, Montana

2012 - Master of Arts in History

Thesis: Gender, Justice, and Jim Crow: North Carolina Judge Elreta Alexander and the Long Civil Rights Era

University of Montana – Missoula, Montana

2012 – Post-baccalaureate Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies

Catawba College – Salisbury, North Carolina

2004 – Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with an emphasis in Public Administration and a minor in History

Field of Study

America History (Post Civil War), The American South, Legal History, Women’s History, African American History, Twentieth Century Political History

Selected Publications

The Life of Judge Elreta Melton Alexander: Activism Within the Courts, Athens: The University of Georgia Press, May 2022.

Publications

Books

The Life of Judge Elreta Melton Alexander: Activism Within the Courts, Athens: The University of Georgia Press, May 2022.

Articles/Chapters

“Elreta Melton Alexander: A Theoretical Approach,” in A Seat at the Table: Black Women Public Intellectuals in U.S. History and Culture, edited by Hettie V. Williams and Melissa Ziobro (Jackson, MS: University of Mississippi Press), October 2023.

“Redefining Activism: Judge Elreta Alexander and Civil Rights Advocacy in the New South,” North Carolina Historical Review, Vol. 90, No. 3 (July 2013), 237 – 258.

Honors / Awards

Archie K. Davis Fellowship, North Caroliniana Society – April 2019

Allen W. Trelease Graduate Fellowship in History (UNCG) – Fall 2016

Summer Assistantship (UNCG Graduate School) – Summer 2016

Women’s & Gender Studies Graduate Scholarship (University of Montana) – November 2011

Pat Williams Scholarship (University of Montana)– May 2011

Outstanding Presentation, Graduate & Faculty Research Conference (University of MT) –April 2011