2023-24 New Faculty

I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Departments of Political Science and African American Studies at Yale University as a Beinecke scholar. I graduated Summa Cum Laude from Morehouse College with a B.A. in Political Science as a Stamps Leadership Scholar, Mellon Mays fellow, and the recipient of the Robert Brisbane Award, given to the top-ranking scholar in the Department of Political Science. My dissertation tentatively titled, The Black Spirit, offers a theoretical and historical account of Black political theology in constructing the philosophical, ethical, and political design of the Civil Rights Movement by examining the political theories of its’ preeminent organizations, including the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Nation of Islam, and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. For my work thus far, I was awarded the 2021 Alex Willingham Best Political Theory Paper Award at the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. Additionally, I have received the Prize Teaching Fellowship, Poorvu Center’s Teaching Innovation Grant, Sterling Prize Fellowship, and was inducted into the Edward Bouchet Graduate Honor Society at Yale.