Interests: Leadership, Black Studies, Critical Race Studies, Project-Based Learning, Organizational Systems Change, racial justice formations, and Music and the Arts.Professor of Educational LeadershipI'm currently serving at Minnesota State University Mankato. My passion is for people to dream and thrive. I am interdisciplinary in my approach to learning and leading. I have led as a dean of urban education and currently as AVP of faculty affairs and equity initiatives. My publications and creative research accomplishments include interdisciplinary K-12 curriculum; an article in the International Journal, Teacher Education; a book chapter on using critical race theory to undergird the preparation of new teachers; and, an original theatrical production on race trauma, Black bodies and healing which has played to regional and national audiences. Frequently, I speak in schools, universities, conferences, businesses, and churches to share insights and research surrounding race literacy, organizational transformation, racial justice, and antiracism. As a composer my received awards include: Live Music for Dance award from the American Composer’s Forum and the Cultural Community Partnership Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. My performing arts credits as a singer, actor, and percussionist include August Wilson's Fences, and Black Nativity with Penumbra Theater, and La Boheme with the Minnesota Opera; appearing with Grammy Award winner, Larnelle Harris; and, recordings in a variety of music genres (R&B, Gospel, Roots Rock) including my Soul Drums series, which stems from West African, Afro-Cuban, and African American music traditions.