I build cultural infrastructure that reconnects people to the culture that shaped them.

As Senior Director of Culture, Community, and Partner Engagement at Emory University Libraries and the Michael C. Carlos Museum, I conceived and lead Footwork — a multi-site World Cup initiative spanning four exhibitions, a Charly Palmer artist residency, and brand partnerships with Adidas, Atlanta United, and Kicks & Fros. I co-curated Atlanta’s Night of Ideas 2024 for Villa Albertine and the French government. I co-organized the DeEcolonial Feelin’ Symposium across Atlanta and St. Croix. I produced the 50th Anniversary Hip Hop Initiative, drawing thousands of patrons — now on display at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

I am co-editor of The Black Speculative Arts Movement: Black Futurity, Art + Design (Lexington Books, 2019), a foundational text in Afrofuturism studies. As a visual artist, my solo exhibition — His Dope Materials: Tools for a Restless Mind — marked a milestone in my practice exploring memory, fragmentation, and the architecture of Black imagination.

I co-founded The Tenth Club, Atlanta’s premier Black intellectual salon, and THRDSPACE, a cultural production practice.

I hold a Ph.D. in American Studies from Emory University and a B.A. in Philosophy from Morehouse College.

I believe culture loses its power when it sits behind walls. My life’s work is closing that distance — reconnecting people to the histories, art, and ideas that shaped them.