Vitae
Sybril M. Bennett, Ph.D.
135 Canton Court
Goodlettsville, Tennessee 37072
(615) 460-6383 office
(615) 945-8675 cell
Email: sybril.bennett@belmont.edu
www.twitter.com/drsyb
www.themultimediamaven.com
Education:
2007 Harvard University: Management Development Program Fellow. Studied In-depth case studies focused on financial management, diversity, planning, innovation, leadership and change.
1999 Vanderbilt University: Peabody College of Education, Nashville, TN
Ph.D., Education and Human Development in Higher Education Administration
1996-1997 Western Kentucky University: Department of Communication, Bowling Green, KY
Graduate Course work includes: Nonverbal Communication, Quantitative Research in Communication & Theories of Communication
1993 Loyola University of Chicago: Graduate School of Education, Chicago, IL
M.Ed., College Student Personnel; Minor: Counseling Psychology
1990 Marquette University: College of Communication, Milwaukee, WI
B.A., Communication, Journalism, and Performing Arts
Major: Broadcast and Electronic Journalism; Minor: Philosophy
Teaching Experience:
2007-Present Belmont University, Nashville, TN
Tenured Associate Professor of Journalism
2003-2007 Assistant Professor of Journalism
Courses: Teach Journalism Across Multiple Platforms, Business of News Social Media, Online Practicum, Mass Media & Society, Media & Diversity, Electronic News Gathering & Freshman First Year Seminar, Broadcast News
- Advising: Advise approximately 20 students in the program and more than a dozen non-majors
- Former Internship Coordinator: Coordinate the student internships, maintain contact with media professionals and evaluate student performance
- Student Development: Took students to Tampa, Florida and New York, NY to visit media properties for Spring Break and take students to professional conferences including the Online News Association and Radio Television Digital News Association Conference.
2006 Study Abroad Instructor, Cooperative Center for Study Abroad (CCSA)
- Taught BBC and You Course in London, England, Summer Session
1999-2000 Tenure-Track Assistant Professor-Electronic Media Journalism
College of Mass Communications-Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
- Teach Introduction to Mass Media and Radio & TV Newswriting courses
- Serve on University, College & Department committees
Summer 1996 Teaching Assistant-Minority Educators’ Development Collaborative
Vanderbilt University/Nashville State Technical Institute, Nashville, TN
- Encourage members of under-represented groups to teach
- Co-Instructor for an introductory summer course
1995-1998 Adjunct Professor-Humanities
Volunteer State Community College, Gallatin, TN
- Teach Fundamentals of Speech Communication
- Work with adult learners to ensure successful back-to-school transition
- Advise and counsel students
1995-1997 Adjunct Professor-Communications
Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN
- Teach introductory broadcast journalism and public speaking courses
- Assist students with obtaining jobs and internships
- Secure industry professionals to enhance students learning experience
Administrative Experience:
2003-2008 Executive Director, New Century Journalism Program
Belmont University, Nashville, TN
- Manage budget and resources, secure financial opportunities via fundraising and grant writing, study and conduct research and attend training opportunities on Convergent Media
- Spokesperson for program in charge of engineering a national campaign to help raise program visibility
- Act as a liaison between University Departments; civic, government, local and national agencies and media
- Identify & Recruit Students for Program
- Manage New Century Journalism Speaker’s Series
2007-2008 Assistant Director, Teaching Center
One year appointment to assist the Director with faculty lunch discussions, workshops, midcourse reviews and teaching time out grant recipient selection
1998-1999 Senior Public Affairs Officer &
Special Assistant to the Vice-Chancellor of Media Relations
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
- Executive producer for one-hour radio talk show, Teddy Bart Round table &
Commodore Report radio spots
- Speech writer for Chancellor & other senior university officials
- Produce public service announcements & video news releases
- Write and edit faculty/staff newspaper and other publications
- Worked with Tipper Gore’s staff on logistics, content and media team for mental health forum/Family ReUnion 8 Planning Committee, Represent Vice Chancellor on university committees
- Manage special projects, media events, conferences & additional duties as assigned
1997-1999 Research Associate, MARC Program, Biological Sciences
Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN
- Part of research grant to evaluate Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Program
- Help create and implement qualitative research design
- Code and analyze data
1995-1997 Research Assistant, Peabody Undergraduate Academic Affairs
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
- Contributed to grant proposals, articles, and monographs
- Worked on Race Related initiatives including Diversity Summit
Summer 1997 Research Fellow, College of Education
Washington State University, Pullman, WA
- Create Doctoral Fellows Manual
- Conduct literature reviews and extensive library research
Media Experience:
2003-2008 Freelance Reporter
2000-2003 General Assignment Reporter/Fill-In Anchor
The News Channel 5 Network, Nashville, Tennessee
- Reporter for daily newscasts
- Handle live and breaking news, enterprise story ideas,
2003-2007 Telethon Volunteer Host
1999-2000 Producer/Reporter-Tennessee Crossroads
WNPT-PBS affiliate, Nashville, Tennessee
- Generate stories for on-air purposes
- Produce and write segments
- Act as on-air host for different shows including telethons & specials
1999-2000 Freelance News Writer/Assignment Editor (CBS)
WTVF-News Channel 5, Nashville Tennessee
- Write for all newscasts & provide editorial assistance
- Assign & dispatch crews, monitor scanners
- Train interns and associate producers
1999-2001 Freelance Writer-The Black Collegian & Music & Ministry Magazines
1995-1998 Freelance News Writer/Assignment Editor (CBS)
WTVF-News Channel 5, Nashville Tennessee
- Write for all newscasts & provide editorial assistance
- Assign & dispatch crews, monitor scanners
- Train interns and associate producers
1994-1995 Associate Producer/Weekend Assignment Editor-News Channel 5 (CBS)
WTVF-News Channel 5, Nashville, Tennessee
- Enterprise story ideas & write for all shows
- Produce news cut-ins/manage special projects as assigned
- Fill-in producer
1993-1994 Desk Assistant/Fill-In Assignment Editor (CBS)
WBBM-TV, Chicago, Illinois
- Organize ENG/SNG live remotes
- Train and supervise interns
1991 Associate Producer (ABC)
WISN-TV, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1989-1990 Assignment Desk News Trainee (ABC)
WISN-TV, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Professional Development/Fellowships:
2010 Convention Program Chair, National Association of Black Journalists, Philadelphia, PA August 3-7.
2010 Teagle Teaching Fellow, Part of grant team on Reflective Learning, Wagner College Workshop, Staten, Island, NY, May.
2010 McCormick Foundation Fellow, Associated Press Managing Editors Nashville NewsTrain Workshop
2010 Freedom Forum Multimedia Bootcamp, August, 2010
2010 Seminar, Online News Association, Smart Phones for Smart Journalists, Freedom Forum, Diversity Institute, Nashville, TN
2010 Chair-News Division, Broadcast Education Association
2009 Vice Chair-News Division, Broadcast Education Association
2008 Coordinator/Presenter, National Association of Black Journalists, Media Institute: Facilitating Change, Two-Day Multimedia Training in Nashville, Tennessee Hosted 22 participants, facilitated speakers, etc.
2008 Chair, Online News Association Student Newsroom, Washington, DC
Participated in 9 month planning process and on site execution of newsroom
2008 Disney/International Radio Television Society Fellow
Digital Media Summit, Burbank, California
2007 American Press Institute, Journalism Educator’s Fellow
Leadership in Disruptive Times, Reston, Virginia
2007 Scripps Howard Academic Leadership Fellow
Participated in an intense Leadership training seminar hosted by the faculty at
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge Louisiana
2005 Educator in the Newsroom Fellowship
Radio Television News Directors Foundation/Knight Foundation
4 week Online Producer/On-Air Reporter, CBS, Nashville, Tennessee 5/23-6/18
2005 Seminar, Grantwriting, Dr. Bernard Turner, Temple Baptist Church
2004 American Press Institute Fellow, Authenticity Retreat for Women Media Executives
2004 Poynter Institute, Convergence Educator Fellow
St. Petersburg, Florida
2003 Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation Fellow
Digital Story Master Class, American Press Institute
Nashville, Tennessee
2003 Faculty Fellow
University of South Carolina Newsplex-Convergent Media Seminar
2000 Faculty Fellow-Educational Foundation
National Association of Television Programming Executives (NATPE)
National Conference, New Orleans, LA January 24-27, 2000
1998 Seminar, Introduction to Web Page Construction, Volunteer State Community College,
Gallatin, TN
1998 Selected Participant, AERA Extended Professional Development Course: Embracing the Minority Scholar: Mentoring Publishing and Developing a Research Agenda,
San Diego, CA
1998 Selected Participant, AERA Grants Program’s Institute on Statistical
Analysis for Education Policy, San Diego, CA.
2003 Faculty Participant
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Convergence Seminar
2003 Seminar, Microsoft Power Point Certification, Belmont University,
Nashville, TN
Presentations:
2010 The Tennessee Economic Council on Women, Marriott Hotel Franklin, TN
Presenter, Innovating Freedom Thriving in Virtual World
2010 National Association of Black Journalists Annual Convention, San Diego, CA
- Panelist, Plenary Session with Google VP, David Drummond
- Panelist, Brand Yourself, Secure Your Survival
- Producer, Plenary Google Panel and Brown Bag Lunch Session
- Coordinator & Panelist, Mindset Adjustment, Navigating Multimedia Madness
2010 Presenter, American Association of Colleges & Universities Summer Institute, “Same Messages, Different Audiences: Communicating Your Action Plan in Different Modalities” Vanderbilt University.
2010 Presenter, Newspaper Association of America Foundation News Challenge Program, Reno, NV
2010 Presenter, New American Colleges & Universities, Summer Institute, Wagner College, Staten Island, NY
2010 Keynote Speaker, Minority Writers Seminar, Freedom Forum Diversity Institute, Nashville, TN
2010 Webinar Presenter, Radio Television Digital News Foundation & High School Broadcast Journalism, February
2010 Panelist, National Association of Black Journalists, Digital Journalism Task Force, Social Media Day, BlogTalkRadio
2010 Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, NV
- Social Media Seminar with Dr. Barbara Iverson, Columbia College
- Global Panel addressing Convergence and Curriculum
2009 Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, NV
- Panelist, Second Shift: The Ethics of Retooling the Teacher
Topic: Let’s Use What’s In Our Heads and Hands
- Moderator, The World is Flat: Diversity, Demographics and Newsroom Dynamics
- Moderator, The 2008 Disney/IRTS Digital Summit: Faculty Fellows Report
2008 Panelist,
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Black Management Association, Creating a Voice: Impact of Minority Owned and Themed Media Properties on the Industry Bottom Line, March 7-9, 2008
2008 Presenter, Center for Innovation in College Media, Video Story Tips from a Pro
Vanderbilt University, March 7, 2008
2007 Panelist, Express Yourself!: Branding by Using Current Digital Media Tools National Association of Black Journalists Annual Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, August, 2007
2007 Panelist, Digital Journalism Education. National Association of Black Journalists Annual Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, August, 2007
2007 Panelist, Journalism Values in a Multimedia World, Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2007
2007 Panelist, Southern States Communication Association Conference, Louisville, KY, Changing Technologies and Teaching TV News
2006 Panelist, Broadcast Education Association, Annual Convention
Do as I say, not as THEY do!, Las Vegas, Nevada, April, 2006
2005 Invited Presenter, Blog South, The Business of Blogging, October, 2005
2005 Moderator/Co-Organizer, Blog Nashville, helped host national event for bloggers and moderated panel which included Glenn Reynolds of instapundit.com
2005 Panelist, AEJMC Pre-Conference Workshop, Show Me the Money, San Antonio, Texas
2005 Moderator/Organizer Online Storytelling: It’s Virtually Everywhere, Presented at National Association of Black Journalists Annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia
2005 Panelist, Airchecks: Who is Doing What, Where and How in Student Newscasts?
Panelist, Reaching Ethnic Audiences: Strategies for Struggling With Strangers, Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, Nevada
2004 Moderator/Organizer Convergence Seminar, National Association of Black Journalists, Washington, DC UNITY Conference
2003 Panelist
Media Use in a Changing Information Environment, Expanding Convergence
University of South Carolina, November
2003 Presenter/Facilitator
Digital Dilemma:Colorless Convergence, National Association of Black Journalists Professional Development Seminar, Sponsored by: Microsoft and Belo
Publications:
Book Chapters & Book Reviews:
Bennett, S. M. (1999). Self-segregation: an oxymoron in Black and White.
In K. Freeman (Ed.), The African American Culture and Heritage in Research and Practice. Westport, CT.:Greenwood Publishers.
Bennett, S. M. (March-April, 1998). The Education and careers of Black teachers. By A. Osler. (1997). In ACCESS: Improving Diversity in Student Recruiting and Retention.
Magazines: Bennett, S. (August, 2007) Converging Curriculum: Finding the Niche, SPJ.org,
Bennett, S. (April, 2007). Participatory Journalism: Are the Voices of Underrepresented Citizens Being Heard? The Convergence Newsletter, Newsplex at the University of South Carolina.
Bennett, S.M. (Summer, 2006) Living in a Virtual World, Center for Non Profit Management, CNM front & center
Bennett, S.M. (February, 2005) Keeping Up with Convergence. The RTNDA Communicator
Bennett, S.M. (January, 2005) Does Metro’s Public Policy Support Ethnic Diversity? Culture Magazine
Bennett, S. M. (July, 2003). Staking a Claim in the Converged Media World. Black Issues in Higher Education
Bennett, S. M. (February, 2000). CeCe Winans. The Black Collegian Magazine.
Bennett, S. M. (Summer, 2000) Wendy Raquel Robinson. The Black Collegian Magazine
Newspapers, Monographs, Technical Reports & Other Publications:
Bennett, S. Other World Citizens are Multilingual; Why Aren’t We? The Tennessean, Column ran on April 6, 2007.
Bennett, S. M. & Coaxum, J. (2000). Diversity on Campus: Reports from the field.
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Washington, DC.
Bennett, S. M. (March, 1999). Multipurposing. PR Tactics
Bennett, S. M. (1997). 1998 Summer Doctoral Fellows Manual. Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Grants:
2005 Fifteenth Avenue Baptist Church, Child Learning Center
Secured Gannett Foundation Grant $14,600
2005 Belmont University, New Century Journalism Program
Ethics and Excellence Foundation, $75,000
To equip broadcast studio
2005 Belmont University, New Century Journalism Program
Scripps Howard Foundation, Shop At Home Network, $54,000
Three year project-Summer High School Journalism Camp & Scholarships
2005 Belmont University, College of Arts and Sciences
CAS Faculty Development Grant to prepare summer teaching in London, $800
2004 Belmont University, New Century Journalism Program
Gannett Foundation, equipment grant for Media Center, $20,000
2004 Belmont University, Teaching Center Travel Grant, $500
1998 Vanderbilt University, Dissertation Enhancement Grant, $1,793
1998 NASPA/Ford Foundation Diversity Initiative
Principal Investigator, Received $11,500 to conduct research on patterns of Black student intra- and inter-group interactions.
1998 Vanderbilt University,
Dissertation Improvement Grant funded dissertation pilot study, $1,000
Consulting Projects:
2009-Present Social Media Consultant, Radio Television Digital News Association Foundation, The Oklahoma Multimedia for High School Teachers, July
2008-Present Social Media Consultant, Harpeth Hall, All-Girls High School, Nashville, TN, 3 Week Winterim Session on Multimedia
2009 Keynote Facilitator-McCormick Tribune
2009 Facilitator, Social Media for National Association of County Officials, July, Opryland Hotel, Nashville, TN
2006-Present Facilitator, Center for Non Profit Management, Social Media Workshop, Nashville, Tennessee, March, 2009
2008 Consultant, United Methodist Communications News Service, Nashville, Tennessee
2008 Presenter, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Business Growth Series
2008 Presenter, Center for Non-Profit Management, Facilitating Change: Lessons from the
Multimedia Battlefield March 5, 2008.
2007 Consultant, Regent University Journalism Faculty, Virginia Beach, VA.
2007 Facilitator, The College Student Experience, Meharry Medical College Nashville, TN
2007 Consultant, Journal Communications, Inc. Staff Retreat at Montgomery Bell State Park
2006 Visiting Faculty, Diversity Institute at the First Amendment Center, Taught Multimedia course for Diversity fellows at the Freedom Forum, Nashville, TN
2003 Facilitator, Converging Curriculum Meeting, Western Kentucky University Faculty, Bowling Green, Kentucky
1998-2001 Affiliated Scholar, African American College Choices and Educational Success Study (ACCESS)
1996-1997 Community Coordinator, Young Kids Literacy Project Bethlehem Centers of Nashville, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
1997 Academic Writing Consultant, Graduate Student Retention Project, Speech Pathology, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN
Service:
Campus:
Senator-At-Large, Belmont University Faculty Senate, 2010-Present
Chair, Belmont University, Appointments Committee, 2010-Present
Belmont University, Journalism Faculty Search Committee, 2010-Present
Belmont University First Year Seminar, Book Selection Committee 2007-Present
Belmont University School of Social Sciences, Associate Dean Search Committee, 2009-2010
Belmont University, Provost Search Committee, 2009
Belmont University, University-wide TRIAD Committee 2005-2009
Belmont University, Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Committee, 2003-2009
Belmont University, Entrepreneurship Faculty Search Committee 2007-08
Belmont University First Year Seminar, Film Selection Committee 2007
Belmont University Honors Program Faculty Search Committee 2007
Belmont University, Media Studies Faculty Search Committee 2007
Belmont University, Minority Task Force, 2003-2007
Belmont University, College of Arts and Sciences, External Resources Committee, 2004-2008
Belmont University, College of Arts and Sciences, Web Implementation Committee, 2005-06
Department of Radio-TV/Photography Chair Selection Committee, MTSU, 1999-2000
Department of Radio-TV/Photography Faculty Search Committee, MTSU, 1999-2000
MTSU Faculty Senate Committee on Student Affairs, 1999-2000
Women’s Center Advisory Board, Vanderbilt University, 1999-2000
Co-Chair Speakers Committee, MTSU African American History Month Committee, 1999-2000
MTSU African American History Month & Unity Luncheon Committees, 1999-2000
Chair, PR Committee, Southeastern Higher Education Student Symposium, Vanderbilt University, 1997
Member & Presenter, Committee for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration, 1997
Vanderbilt Campus Coordinator, ISM Multimedia Diversity Summit, 1996
Presenter, Vanderbilt University Student Leaders Conference, 1996
Additional Professional Service:
Member, Tennessee State University Advisory Board, Nashville, TN
Committee Member, Online News Association, 2008 & 2009, Conference Planning Committee
Board of Directors, Vanderbilt University Student Communications, Inc. 2003-Present
Test Monitor, Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, 2003-Present
Paper Reviewer, Broadcast Education Association, News Division 2008
Judge, Mid-South Emmy Awards, WZTV (FOX) Affiliate, 2007
Moderator, Tennessee College Public Relations Association, April, 2006 New Media Panel.
Research Paper Reviewer, Radio Division, Broadcast Education Association, April, 2006
Research Paper Reviewer, MAC Division, AEJMC Spring 2005
Planning Committee, Preview Forum, National think tank initiative funded by the Ford Foundation. This year’s focus is on news. 2005
Tape Analyst Critiqued tapes for students and professionals for RTNDF at NABJ Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, 2005
Facilitator/Committee Member Preview Forum, Scarritt Bennett National Event to Raise Media Awareness
funded by the Ford Foundation 2005
Presenter, Journalism Camp, David Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN, 2004
Moderator, Middle Tennessee State Minority Internship Workshop, Freedom Forum, Diversity Institute, Nashville, Tennessee, 2003
Coordinator, Belmont-Nashville Association of Black Journalists-Maplewood High School Project 2004-2005
Grant Committee, Fifteenth Avenue Baptist Church Child Learning Center, 2003-2005
Facilitator, Media Training and Placement Strategies, Living Word Church, Brentwood, Tennessee 2000
Discussant, ASHE Annual Conference, San, Antonio Texas 1999
Facilitator, Family Re-Union 8-Family and Community, Hosted by: Vice President Al Gore and Mrs. Tipper Gore
1999
Manuscript Review, Focal Press Broadcast Announcing Text, 1999
Proposal Reviewer, Association for the Study of Higher Education Symposia, 1999
Proposal Reviewer, ASHE Research/Scholarly Papers, 1999
Proposal Reviewer, American Educational Research Association Division J, 1999
Proposal Reviewer, Doctoral Student Panel, Black Caucus of AAHE, 1998 & 1999
Chair, Graduate Student Higher Education Faculty Search Committee, 1998
Proposal Reviewer, AERA Division G, 1998
Proposal Reviewer, Focused Dialogue, ASHE, 1997
Community:
Judge, Scripps Howard Regional Spelling Bee, 2009, 2010
Judge, Nashville Area Chapter NAACP-ACTSO Awards, 2007
Volunteer, Scripps Howard Regional Spelling Bee, Belmont University, 2007
Emcee, Nashville Area Chapter NAACP, Officer Installation Ceremony 2007
Co-Emcee, Little Miss AKA Pageant, Nashville, Tennessee, 2006
Member, Leadership Nashville Alumni Association and Help with new class, 2006-present
Member, The Women’s Fund, The Community Foundation, 2006-Present
Member, Bethlehem Centers of Nashville, Public Relations Committee, 2006-Present
Member, R. H. Boyd Leadership Society, The United Way of Metropolitan Nashville Mentor student at W.A. Bass Middle School 2005- Present
Member, Rotary Club, Program Committee, 2006
Advisory Board, The Greater Nashville Chapter of the MBA Association 2005
Member, Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau, Technology Committee, I was selected to sit on this committee to help Nashville be better prepared to serve visitor’s technological needs. After several meetings and e-mail exchanges, our team made recommendations to the NCVB board.
Member, Technology & Research Committee, Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau, 2004
V.I.P Speaker, CEO Academy, 2004
Cluster Leader, YMCA Black Achievers Program, 1999-2000
Committee Member, Public Relations, Nashville Area Chapter of the American Red Cross, 1999-2000
Board Member, Nashville Area Chapter of the American Red Cross, 1995-97
Other Selected Presentations:
Bennett, S. M. (2000). Media Training for Student Affairs 101. Presented at
The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. Indianapolis, IN.
Bennett, S. M. (1999). The more things change, the more they stay the same: Black
student experiences on predominantly White campuses. Presented at The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, New Orleans, LA.
Bennett, S. M. (1998). Summer minority doctoral fellowship programs: experiential
Accounts. Presented at the Keeping Our Faculties Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Bennett, S. M. (1998). ASHE newcomer’s session & graduate student Round table: The
transition from course work to dissertation. Presented at the Association for the Study
of Higher Education, Miami, Florida.
Bennett, S. M. & Coaxum, J. (1998). Black student patterns of intra- & inter-group
patterns on a predominantly White campus: On fertile ground for empirical inquiry.
Presented at National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Philadelphia, PA.
Bennett, S. M. (1997). An in-depth analysis of self-segregation on predominantly White
campuses: toward a conceptual framework to improve race relations. Poster session presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Bennett, S. M. (1997). You can’t speak for me, I have a voice of my own: an
ethnographic research project on the Black student experience. 90 minute session
presented at the National Conference on Race & Ethnicity, Orlando, FL.
Bennett, S. M. (1997). Being Black on a predominantly White campus: an identity
crisis in progress. Poster session presented at the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Alexander-Snow, M. D., Bennett, S. M., Coaxum, J., Cohen, R., Freeman, K., &
McGruder, J. A. (1995). The African American culture in research and practice.
Round table presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Orlando, FL.
Keynote Lectures/Presentations:
2010 Keynote Speaker, Social Media for Women, Fisk University, Nashville, TN
2008 Presenter, Urban League Young Professionals, Nashville, Tennessee
2006 Keynote Speaker, Statewide, International Assn. of Administrative Professionals, Murfreesboro, TN
2005 Keynote Speaker, Reading is the Foundation for Learning, Lee Chapel A.M.E. Nashville, TN
2005 Keynote Speaker, International Assn. of Administrative Professionals, Murfreesboro, TN
2005 Presenter, Black MBA Association
2005 Keynote Speaker, YMCA Black Achievers Banquet, Middle Tennessee YMCA
2004 Keynote Speaker at Tennessee State University, Ethics Conference for students
2004 Featured Speaker for TSU at the Administrative Professionals Day
2004-2006 Featured Presenter, Middle Tennessee Scholastic Press Association for 400 high school students Television News Reporting/Convergence Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2004 Pastor’s Anniversary Banquet Speaker, Elevated Baptist Church, Franklin, KY
2004 Black History Month Speaker, Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church, Oak Grove, KY
2003 Black History Month Speaker, Elevated Baptist Church, Franklin, KY
2002 Preparing to be a Broadcaster. National Broadcasting Society.
Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN
2002 Diversity in the Newsroom. Student Journalism Conference.
The Tennessean Newspaper, Nashville, TN
2000 Black on Black Crime in the Academy. African American Studies Lecture Series,
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
1999 Blackness in the 21st Century. African American Studies Lecture Series,
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN.
1998 Diversity Week Speaker, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Honors and Awards:
2005, Selected for Leadership Nashville, a prestigious civic organization
2005 The Tennessean (Gannett-owned Nashville local daily) Top 40 under 40 Leadership Recognition
2002 NATAS Emmy Award Spot News Coverage-Metro Police Officer Standoff
2001 NATAS Emmy Award The News Channel 5 Weekend Report-Tornado Coverage
Summer Research Fellow, Washington State University, 1997
Student Leadership Development Scholar, Southwest Center for Human Relations Studies, National Conference on Race & Ethnicity, 1997
Doctoral Panelist, Black Caucus of the American Association for Higher Education, 1997
Service Award, Nashville Area Chapter of the American Red Cross, 1997
Presenter, Graduate Student Research Day, Vanderbilt University, 1997
Service Award, Committee on Ethnic Participation, Association for the Study of Higher Education, 1996
Service Award, NAACP, Murfreesboro, TN, 1995
Senior Award, Marquette University, Office of Student Affairs, 1990
Outstanding Senior Award, Marquette University, Multicultural Center, 1990
Student Leadership Award, Marquette University, Multicultural Center, 1987-1989
Creative Productions:
Producer, YMCA Black Achievers, Communications Cluster, Video Project
Telethon Host, WNPT Annual Membership Drive, PBS, Nashville, TN
Producer, The 14th-17th Annual Stellar Gospel Awards Pre-Show
Host, Seeking Solutions, One-time Community Show for PBS affiliate, Nashville, TN
Executive Producer, Vanderbilt University PSA “A Special Place” Nationally Televised Commercial
Producer, Nashville Area Chapter of the American Red Cross, “Something to Believe In” Fundraising Video
Producer, Vanderbilt University, Peabody Campus, Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Historical Video
Professional Affiliations:
National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)
Broadcast Education Association (BEA)
Radio & Television Digital News Association (RTDNA)
Online News Association (ONA)