Recent Publications
"The Legacy of a Legend: Celebrating Thea Nerissa Barnes' Contribution to Dance." The One Dance UK Magazine Autumn 2019.
SNL Writing News Blog (2013 – 2017). DePaul University School for New Learning.
Presenting at Purple Reign: An Interdisciplinary Conference on the Life and Legacy of Prince at The University of Salford in Manchester, England. It was a personal and professional highlight to present among so many esteemed scholars from around the world at the first academic conference on Prince.
Recent Presentations & Media
The Woodstock of House [Motion Picture]. Smith, S., & Wimberly, R. F. (Directors). (2021).
"A Tale of Two Princes: Diamonds & Pearls and the Myth of Colorblindness in the Work of Prince.” 1plus1plus1is3 Symposium. 27, March 2021. Virtual. https://1plus1plus1is3.polishedsolid.com/
"Robert Williams: Patriarch of House Music and EDM." Black Portraiture[s] IV: The Color of Silence. 23, March
2018. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. https://www.blackportraitures.info/black-portraitures-iv/
Co-Presenter. "Designing a Writing Program that Meets the Needs of the Adult Student." International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Conference. 28, July 2017.
University of West Scotland, Paisley, Scotland. http://uwshetl2017.uws.ac.uk/
"Prince: Introduction of a New Breed Leader." Purple Reign: An interdisciplinary conference on the life and legacy of Prince. 26, May 2017. University of Salford, Manchester, UK. https://blogs.salford.ac.uk/prince-conference/
Co-Presenter. "Authentic Learning Through Reflective Writing." DePaul University Teaching and Learning Conference. 5, May 2017. DePaul University, Chicago, IL.
“Listening to be Heard.” Teaching in Situ: Sustaining Post-Traditional Student Voices In and Out of the Chicago Writing Classroom, Conference of Community Writing. 17 October 2015. University of Boulder, Boulder, CO.
“Doing Language.” SNL Quick Colloquia. February 2014. DePaul University, Chicago, IL.
“Connecting the Dots with Screencasts.” SNL Quick Colloquia. October 2013. DePaul University, Chicago, IL.