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Dr. Shelly Eversley is Professor of English and Interim Chair of the Black and Latino Studies department at Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY), where she designed the Bachelor of Arts in Black and Latino Studies. She is also Professor of English at The Graduate Center (CUNY), and Co-Director of the Futures Initiative. Her recent institutional leadership includes her role as Faculty Co-Director of the Mellon Foundation’s Transformative Learning in the Humanities initiative at CUNY and Academic Director of CUNY’s Faculty Fellowship Publication Program. She is the author of The “Real” Negro: The Question of Authenticity in Twentieth Century African American Literature (Routledge, 2004) as well as several essays on literature, race, and culture. Her editorial work includes The Sexual Body and The 1970s, both special issues of WSQ, a journal by the Feminist Press, as well as the recent book African American Literature in Transition, 1960-1970: Black Art, Politics, and Aesthetics (Cambridge, 2022). She is currently revising a new book on Black survival in height of cold war surveillance and censorship. She teaches literature, feminism, and Black Studies.
Education
Ph.D., English, The Johns Hopkins University
M.A., English, The Johns Hopkins University
B.A., English, Columbia College, Columbia University
| Semester | Course Prefix | Course Number | Course Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | CMP | 4535 | Afr Dias: Us, Lat Amer, & Carb |
| Fall 2023 | ENG | 4535 | Afr Dias: Us, Lat Amer, & Carb |
| Spring 2023 | BLS | 3034 | Survey of African American Lit |
| Spring 2023 | ENG | 3034 | Survey of African American Lit |
| Fall 2022 | BLS | 4900 | Seminar Black & Latino Studies |
| Fall 2022 | LTS | 4900 | Sem Blk & Lat Studie |
| Spring 2022 | BLS | 4900 | Seminar Black & Latino Studies |
| Spring 2022 | LTS | 4900 | Sem Blk & Lat Studie |
| Fall 2021 | BLS | 5000 | Independent Study BLS I |
| Fall 2021 | BLS | 3024 | Women of Color |
| Spring 2021 | ENG | 4545 | Lit of the Harlem Renaissance |
| Spring 2021 | BLS | 4900 | Seminar Black & Latino Studies |
| Spring 2021 | LTS | 4900 | Sem Blk & Lat Studie |
| Fall 2020 | BLS | 3085 | Special Topics Bls |
| Fall 2020 | ENG | 3835 | Black Women Writers |
| Fall 2020 | IDC | 1001H | Honors-The Arts in New York |
| Spring 2020 | ENG | 3034 | African Americ Liter |
| Fall 2019 | IDC | 1001H | Honors-The Arts in New York |
| Spring 2019 | ENG | 5000 | Independent Study English I |
| Spring 2019 | ENG | 2100 | Writing I |
| Fall 2018 | IDC | 1001H | Honors-The Arts in New York |
| Spring 2018 | ENG | 5000 | Independent Study English I |
| Spring 2018 | ENG | 6002H | Honors English II |
| Spring 2018 | ENG | 3034 | African Americ Liter |
| Fall 2017 | IDC | 1001H | Honors-The Arts in New York |
| Fall 2017 | ENG | 3950 | Topics in Literature |
| Fall 2017 | ENG | 6001H | Honors-English I |
| Spring 2017 | ENG | 3032 | Ethnic Literature |
| Fall 2016 | ENG | 3720 | Women in Literature |
| Fall 2016 | IDC | 1001H | Honors-The Arts in New York |
| Summer 2016 | ENG | 4440 | Currents in the Modern Novel |
| Spring 2016 | ENG | 4460 | The Modern Short Novel |
| Fall 2015 | ENG | 2100 | Writing I |
| Fall 2015 | ENG | 3034 | African Americ Liter |
| Spring 2015 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Spring 2015 | ENG | 3025 | Surv American Lit II |
| Fall 2014 | IDC | 1001H | Honors-The Arts in New York |
| Fall 2014 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Spring 2014 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Spring 2014 | ENG | 4510 | The American Novel |
| Fall 2013 | IDC | 1001H | Honors-The Arts in New York |
| Fall 2013 | ENG | 3950 | Topics in Literature |
| Spring 2013 | ENG | 5000 | Independent Study English I |
| Spring 2013 | ENG | 3020 | Survey American Literature I |
| Spring 2013 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Fall 2012 | ENG | 4460 | The Modern Short Novel |
| Fall 2012 | IDC | 1001H | Honors-The Arts in New York |
| Spring 2012 | ENG | 2150 | Writing II |
| Fall 2011 | ENG | 2850 | Great Works of Literature II |
| Spring 2011 | ENG | 3025 | Surv American Lit II |
| Spring 2011 | IDC | 4050H | Hon Feit Hum Sem I |
| Fall 2010 | ENG | 2850 | Great Works of Literature II |
| Fall 2010 | ENG | 3950 | Topics in Literature |
| Fall 2010 | ENG | 2850 | Great Works of Literature II |
| Spring 2010 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Spring 2010 | ENG | 3940 | Topics in Film |
| Fall 2009 | ENG | 3020 | Survey American Literature I |
| Fall 2009 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Fall 2009 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Spring 2009 | ENG | 3835 | Black Women Writers |
| Spring 2009 | ENG | 2850H | Honors Great Works II |
| Spring 2009 | ENG | 2850 | Great Works of Literature II |
| Fall 2008 | ENG | 2100 | Writing I |
| Fall 2008 | ENG | 2100 | Writing I |
| Fall 2008 | ENG | 3034 | African Americ Liter |
| Spring 2007 | ENG | 2850 | Great Works of Literature II |
| Spring 2007 | ENG | 4510 | The American Novel |
| Fall 2006 | ENG | 2850 | Great Works of Literature II |
| Fall 2006 | ENG | 3034 | African Americ Liter |
| Spring 2006 | ENG | 2850 | Great Works of Literature II |
| Spring 2006 | ENG | 3034 | African Americ Liter |
| Fall 2005 | ENG | 2100 | Writing I |
| Fall 2005 | ENG | 3034 | African Americ Liter |
| Fall 2005 | ENG | 2100 | Writing I |
| Summer 2004 | ENG | 3025 | Surv American Lit II |
| Spring 2004 | ENG | 5000 | Independent Study English I |
| Spring 2004 | ENG | 3835 | Black Women Writers |
| Spring 2004 | ENG | 2850 | Great Works of Literature II |
| Fall 2003 | IDC | 4050H | Hon Feit Hum Sem I |
| Fall 2003 | ENG | 3034 | African Americ Liter |
| Spring 2003 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Spring 2003 | ENG | 3034 | African Americ Liter |
| Fall 2002 | ENG | 3034 | African Americ Liter |
| Fall 2002 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Spring 2002 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Spring 2002 | ENG | 3835 | Black Women Writers |
| Fall 2001 | ENG | 3034 | African Americ Liter |
| Fall 2001 | ENG | 2100 | Writing I |
Books
Eversley, S., & Eversley, S. (2021). Black Art, Politics and Aesthetics in the 1960s. New York and Cambridge, USA and UK, Cambridge University Press.
Eversley, S. (2004). Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African. Written by Himself. Edited with Notes by Shelly Eversley. (p. 261). New York, The Modern Library.
Eversley, S. (2003). The Real Negro: The Question of Authenticity in Twentieth Century African American Literature. (p. 144). New York, Routledge Press.
Journal Articles
Eversley, S. (2019). Introduction: Digital Pedagogy. The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy, 16(16).
Eversley, S. (2018). The Evidence of Things Unseen: Experimental Form as Black Feminist Praxis. Journal of Narrative Theory, 48(3).
Eversley, S., & N/A, L. (2017). Equality Archive: Open Education Resources as Feminist Praxis. Feminist Media Histories, 13(3). 154-158.
Eversley, S., & Habell-Pallan, M. (2015). Introduction: The 1970s. WSQ (Women's Studies Quarterly), 43(3&4). 14-30.
Eversley, S. (2011). Marriage Apartheid and the Tyranny of American Morality. We Who Feel Differently, (1).
Eversley, S., & Morgan, J. L. (2007). The Sexual Body: Introduction. Feminist Press, 31(1-2).
(2003). The Big Picture: The Photography of Renee Cox. NKA: Journal of Contemporary African Art, (18). 72-75.
Eversley, S. (2002). The Source of Hip. The Minessota Review: A Journal of Committed Writing, University of Minnesota Press, 54(5). 257-270.
Eversley, S. (2001). The Lunatic's Fancy and the Work of Art. American Literary History, 13(3). 445-468.
Book Chapters
Eversley, S., Laurie, H., & Eversley, S. (2019). Like Inciting a Riot: Queering Open Education with Equality Archive. In Ghaziani, A., & Brim, M. (Eds.), Imagining Queer Methods New York,US. NYU Press.
Eversley, S. (2007). Richard Wright's Postcards from Africa: Modernity and Black Women's Bodies Blackness and Sexuality. In Wright, M. M., Schuhmann, A., & Wright, M. (Eds.), Blackness and Sexuality FORECAAST.
Eversley, S. (2005). Female Iconography in Invisible Man. In Posnock, R. (Ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Ralph Ellison Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.
Media Contributions
(2016). Mashable.
(2016). Huffington Post.
(2015). Refinery29.
Presentations
Eversley, S. (2018, November 9). Feminist Practice as Feminist Theory: Undoing Hierarchies of Knowledge in the University. American Studies Association. Atlanta, GA
Eversley, S. (2018, May 20). Mobility and Access in Open Education. Migration and Inclusive Ideas of Mobility and Movement. Wooster, Ohio: Wooster College.
Eversley, S. (2018, March 3). Teaching Feminist. Art + Feminism. : Museum of Modern Art.
Eversley, S. (2017, April 30). OERs, Opportunity, and Feminist Praxis. Wikipedia New York. New York, NY: Wikipedia Foundation.
Eversley, S. (2017, March 18). Multimodality as Feminist Praxis. Feminist Ecologies of Antiracism. Brooklyn, NY: UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art.
Eversley, S. (2016, February 10). Equality Archive: feminism an Open Education. Monclair State University: Gender Studies Program.
Eversley, S. (2015, November 30). "The Erotic Life of Difference: Spectable, Performance, and Possibility". New York Metro American Studies Association. New York, NY
Eversley, S. (2015, October 31). Black Art: Creativity and Confrontation, America 1965. American Studies Association. Toronto, Canada
Eversley, S. (2014, May 23). Consuming Culture: Society and Spectacle in Carlene Hatcher Polite's Sister X and the Victims of Foul Play. American Literature Association. Washington, DC: American Literature Association.
Eversley, S. (2014, April 18). Meaningful Sex. Amherst, MA: Amherst College.
Eversley, S., Wald, P., Metzl, J., & Roberts, D. (2013, November 21). Indebted to the Future: Developing Structural Competetence. American Studies Association. Washington, DC: American Studies Association.
Eversley, S. (2013, March 31). A Meaningful F*ck: Sweet Sweetback's Revolutionary Black Experience. Northeast Modern Language Association. Tufts University, Boston: Northeast Modern Language Association.
Eversley, S. (2011, April 30). Nina Simone and Lorraine Hansberry. New York, NY: The James Gallery.
Eversley, S. (2010, March 31). From Local to Global: Richard Wright's Race Consciousness. National Black Writer's Conference. New York, NY: National Black Writer's Conference.
Eversley, S. (2009, February 28). "All cats bee gray": Privacy, Integration and the Law in Postwar Black American Fiction. Southern American Studies Association. George Mason University: Southern American Studies Association.
Eversley, S. (2008, April 30). The Cosmopolitan Conundrum. Race, Gender, Power Conference. Chicago: University of Illinois.
Eversley, S. (2005, April 30). Black Bodies Traveling. CAAR Conference. France: University of Tours.
Eversley, S. (2005, February 28). An Evening With Marita Golden. Conversations With African American Authors. The Graduate Center: The City University of New York.
Eversley, S. (2003, September 30). African American Experiments with the French Avant-Garde. The U.S. Europe Seminar. : Baruch College, The City University of New York.
Eversley, S. (2003, March 31). Gwendolyn Brooks. Attack of the Intelligent Woman: Great Writers of the 1950s. The Graduate Center: The City University of New York Public Lecture Series.
Eversley, S. (2002, September 30). Postcards from Africa: Richard Wright and the Problem of Modernity. The Graduate Center: The City University of New York.
Eversley, S. (2002, June 30). Roots and Reason. MESEA Converence. Italy: University of Padua.
Eversley, S. (2002, March 31). Remix Media: Race, Gender, and the Avant-Garde. Junior Faculty Colloqium Series. : Baruch College.
Eversley, S. (2002, April 30). A War of Impulses. San Juan, Puerto Rico: University of Puerto Rico, American Comparative Literature Association.
Eversley, S. (2001, March 31). Inside History. Black Atlantic/African Diaspora Seminar Series. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University, Center for Historical Analysis.
Eversley, S. (2000, December 31). Chicano Popular Culture. Washington, D.C.: Modern Language Association.
Eversley, S. (2000, November 30). Change the Look: The Surrealist Experimentin Charlene Hatcher Polite's The Flagellants. Tacoma, WA: University of the Puget Sound.
Eversley, S. (2000, November 30). L'Amour Foul. Las Angeles: University of California.
Eversley, S. (1999, December 31). Twentieth Century Literature at the Century's End. Chicago, IL: Modern Language Association.
Eversley, S. (1999, October 31). American Underground. Alumni Lecture Series, Literature of the Twentieth Century. Seattle, WA: University of Washington.
Eversley, S. (1999, March 31). Black Literature and US Intergration. South Africa: University of Witwatersrand.
Eversley, S. (1999, February 28). Super. Fly. Chic.. Flava Fest Black Film Festival. Seattle, WA
Eversley, S. (1998, December 31). Dirty White, or the Stains of History. Cancun, Mexico: Americn Humor Studies Association and the Mark Twain Circle.
Eversley, S. (1998, April 30). An Emerging Form: Harlem, the Anthology, and the Rise of the New Negro. : Institute for Research in African American Studies, Columbia University.
Eversley, S. (1998, April 30). Media and Cultural Studies. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho: Pacific Northwest American Studies Association.
Eversley, S. (1998, April 30). Getting Your First Job in Acacdemia. Seattle, WA: Northwest Center for Research on Women.
Eversley, S. (1997, December 31). Literature and History. Pasadena, CA: The Huntington Library.
Eversley, S. (1996, September 30). Black Culture/White Context. National Black Studies Conference. Washington, DC.
Eversley, S. (1996, April 30). 'Unspoken Words are Stronger:' Narrative Interiority and Racial Visibility in Gwendolyn Brook's Maud Martha. American Literature Association Conference. Baltimore, MD
Eversley, S. (1996, April 30). History, Race, Nation: Black Aesthetic Poetry and the Production of Authenticity. Princeton, NJ: Northeast Modern Language Association.
Eversley, S. (1995, May 31). Sex and Violence: gender Authenticity, and the Articulation of Black Power. Women's Studies Graduate Student Conference. : The John Hopkins University.
Eversley, S. (1995, March 31). Black Man, Blackface: Paul Laurence Dunbar's "Blac" Poems. "The Negro Problem" Conference. : Princeton University.
Eversley, S. (1995, March 31). Literature, Politics, and Pedagogy. Women's Studies Semiar. : The John Hopkins University.
Eversley, S. (1992, November 30). Living Feminist Theory: Praxis or Paralysis?. Women's Studies Seminar. : The John Hopkins University.
Other Scholarly Works
Eversley, S., & Eversley, S. (2015). equalityarchive.com.
Eversley, S. (2006). "Literary Criticism," Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History: the Black Experience in the Americas.
Eversley, S. (2003). "The Beats" and "Alain Locke," Encylopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered History in America.
Eversley, S. (2003). "Scents and Sensibility: On 'Natura Morta' by Nana Onishi" and "Sensi ed Essenze: osservazioni su 'Natura Morta' di Nana Onishi," Natura Morta (exhibition catalogue). (Unnumbered exhibition catalogue), 28.
Hoberek, A., Sagar, A., Jurca, C., Burt, J., Eversley, S., Kadlec, D., Berube, M., & Daniel, J. O. (2001). "Twentieth Century Literature in the New Century: A Symposium," College English. 64(1), 20-22.
Eversley, S., Martin, W., & Sullivan, P. (1999). "James Weldon Johnson," Civil Rights in the United States. 394.
Eversley, S. (1999). "Blax Chix".
Eversley, S. (1998). " 'And Mouth With Myriad Subtleties': The Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar," Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century American Poets. 136-140.
Reviews
Eversley, S. (2003,September 1). American Literature. Duke University Press.
Research Currently in Progess
Eversley, S.(n.d.). Afropsychadelic: On Black Experimentalisms. In Progress.
A book length project on global Black avant gardes.
Eversley, S.(n.d.). The Practice of Blackness: Cold War Surveillance, Censorship, and African American Literary Survival. In Progress.
Book. Literary criticism and literary history of African American literature during cold war ear of integration and political surveillance and censorship. Complete. Under Review.
| Title | Funding Agency Sponsor | Start Date | End Date | Awarded Date | Total Funding | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department Chair Research Account Year 1 - Shelly Eversley | PSC CUNY | 02/01/2021 | 08/31/2022 | 02/01/2021 | 1750 | Completed |
| Department Chair Research Account Year 2 - Shelly Eversley | PSC CUNY | 09/01/2021 | 08/31/2023 | 09/01/2021 | 3000 | Completed |
| Department Chair Research Account Year 4 Shelly Eversley | PSC CUNY | 09/01/2023 | 08/31/2025 | 08/31/2023 | 3000 | Funded - In Progress |
| Department Chair Research Account Year 3 - Shelly Eversley | PSC CUNY | 09/01/2022 | 08/31/2024 | 09/01/2022 | 3000 | Funded - In Progress |
| BRESI: Afrolatinidades+ | The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | 09/01/2022 | 10/15/2023 | 08/19/2022 | 19512 | Funded - In Progress |
| Honor / Award | Organization Sponsor | Date Received | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provost Faculty Fellow | Baruch College | 2020 | Reorganize and update Black and Latino Studies department and curriculum. Integrate the department into larger academic community. |
| Presidential Award for Excellence | Baruch College | 2019 | Recognition for excellence in service to the College. |
| Management Development Program | Harvard Institute of Higher Education | 2018 | Higher education management training summer institute. |
| Diversifying Leadership | CUNY-Harvard University | 2018 | Executive leadership training in higher education, including participation in Harvard University's Management Development Program, monthly development seminars at CUNY Central, craft a leadership project, and shadow John Jay College President, Karol Mason. |
| Faculty Fellow | Futures Initiative, The Graduate Center CUNY | 2017 | Competitive Award for innovative teaching and developing a new course for graduate students. |
| Digital Cities Fellow | New York Metro American Studies Association | 2015 | Share and develop new practices for teaching and scholarship in the digital humanities. |
| Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship | The Graduate Center | 2011 | Year-long fellowship: faculty research group for works-in-progress; presented unpublished work; organized public lecture series |
| Whiting Excellence in Teaching Award | Baruch College, The City University of New York (one year course release) | 2004 | |
| Andrew Mellon Fellowship | Center for the Humanities, the Graduate Center, The City University of New York (one year course release) | 2003 | |
| Visiting Scholar, American Studies, New York University | 2001 | ||
| Presidential Fellowship | 2001 | ||
| Women of Influence Award | Baruch College | 2001 | |
| Presidential Fellowship | 2000 | ||
| Visiting Scholar, American Studies | New York University | 2000 | |
| Distinguished Teaching Award | University of Washington | 1999 | |
| Royalty Research Award | University of Washington | 1999 | |
| John Kluge Foundation Award | 1998 | ||
| Irene Diamond Dissertation Fellowship | 1997 | ||
| Irene Diamond Dissertation Fellowship | 1996 | ||
| Mellon Foundation Summer Humanities Seminar | 1995 | ||
| Dean's Fellowship | The John Hopkins University | 1994 | |
| Dean's Fellowship | The John Hopkins University | 1993 | |
| National Endowment for the Humanities Younger Scholar | 1990 |
College
| Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planning and Budget Committee | Committee Member | Present | |
| Interim Chair Black and Latino Studies | Committee Chair | Present | |
| President's Task Force for the Future | Committee Member | Present | |
| Black Male Initiative Advisory Board | Committee Member | Present | |
| Women of Color Leadership | Faculty Mentor | Present | |
| Honors Admission | Committee Member | 12/31/2021 | |
| Planning and Budget | Committee Member | 1/31/2020 | |
| Provost's Advisory Committee on Diversity | Committee Member | 5/31/2019 | |
| Global Studies Initiative | Committee Member | 5/31/2016 | |
| Academic Review | Committee Member | 12/31/2015 | |
| Executive Committee | Committee Member | 12/31/2015 | |
| Strategic Plan for Diversity | Committee Member | 6/30/2013 | |
| Executive Committee | Committee Member | 5/31/2009 | |
| Faculty Senate | 12/31/2005 | ||
| Social Committee | 12/31/2004 | ||
| Freshman Text Selection Committee | 12/31/2003 | ||
| Department Secretary | 12/31/2003 | ||
| Organizer, Junior Faculty Colloquium Series | 12/31/2002 |
University
| Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transformational Learning in the Humanities | Administrative Assignment, Other | 9/1/2020 | Present |
| University Advisory Committee on Diversity | Committee Member | 9/1/2017 | Present |
| Futures Initiative Advisory Board | Committee Member | 9/1/2016 | Present |
| Faculty Fellowship Publication Program | Program Organizer | 9/1/2014 | 9/30/2020 |
| Faculty Fellowship Publication Program | Faculty Mentor | 10/1/2010 | 9/30/2014 |
| Faculty Adviser, CUNY Black Feminisms Conference | 5/1/2003 | 4/30/2004 | |
| Presenter, Faculty Development Seminar, IRADAC, The Graduate Center | 11/1/2003 | 11/30/2003 | |
| Moderator, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies | 10/1/2002 | 10/31/2002 |
Professional
| Organization | Position Role | Organization State | Organization Country | Start Date | End Date | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy | Editorial Review Board Member | New York | 10/1/2018 | Present | ||
| United Way of New York Education | Board Member | New York | United States | Present | State | |
| WSQ: Women's Studies Quarterly | Editorial Review Board Member | New York | 4/1/2005 | Present |
Public
| Organization | Position Role | Organization State | Organization Country | Start Date | End Date | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Museum of Modern Art | Member | 1/1/2001 | Present | |||
| American Association of University Women | Member | 9/1/1997 | Present | |||
| American Studies Association | Member | 1/1/1996 | Present | |||
| Modern Language Association | Member | 1/1/1995 | Present | |||
| New York Cares | Member | New York | United States | 5/1/2011 | 5/31/2018 | |
| The Public Theatre | Organizer, "Elucidating Epidemic" | 1/1/2004 | 12/31/2004 | |||
| Americanist Faculty Website, UW English Department | Curator | 1/1/1998 | 12/31/2001 | |||
| University of Washington | Humanities Center Curriculum Forum | 1/1/1998 | 12/31/2001 | |||
| University of Washington | Graduate Program Review | 1/1/1998 | 12/31/2001 | |||
| Women's Center, University of Washington | Faculty Advisor | 1/1/1997 | 6/30/2001 | |||
| University of Washington | Faculty Advisor, Project GEAR UP | 1/1/2000 | 12/31/2000 | |||
| African Americanist Search, UW History Department | Search Committee Advisor | 1/1/1998 | 12/31/1998 | |||
| Northeast Modern Language Association | Member | 1/1/1995 | 12/31/1997 | |||
| Black Film Forum, Baltimore Museum of Art | Programming COnsultant | 1/1/1996 | 12/31/1996 | |||
| Summer Research Opportunities Program, John Hopkins University | Program Assistant | 1/1/1996 | 12/31/1996 | |||
| American Comparative Literature Association | Member | 1/1/1995 | 12/31/1996 |