Curriculum Vitae
Academic, dialogue facilitator & author
Professor of Communication: Saint Louis University
Founder & Principal: Dialogue, Diversity & Dharma LLC
Author: The language of Strong Black womanhood: Myths, models, messages and a new mandate for self care. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. (2017)
30+ years of experience and expertise focused on:
· The process of human communication across race, gender, class & culture to support inclusion, equity and social justice initiatives.
· Building individual and organizational capacity for dialogue across social identity differences & divisions to further better understanding of lived experiences.
Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1995 Ph.D. in Communication Studies, Emphasis: Culture & Communication
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
1990 MA in Communication, Emphasis: Organizational Communication
Saint Louis University
1981 Bachelor of Arts: Communication
Professional development for diversity, dialogue, & cultural competence
· Internship with Stir Fry Seminars for Mindful Dialogue Facilitation Certification Program Berkeley, CA. June 2019-June 2020.
· Cross Cultural Dialogue Facilitation Certification Program: Stir Fry Seminars, Berkeley, CA. October 2013-2015.
· Cross Cultural Dialogue Facilitation 5-day training: Stir Fry Seminars, Berkeley, CA. August 2012
· Intergroup Dialogue National Institute: University of Michigan. June 2010
· Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication: Reed College, Portland, OR.
1. Strategic planning for campus diversity. July 2010
2. Intercultural competence on campus: Educating global ready graduates. July 2011
Academic experience
· Professor: Saint Louis University Department of Communication: Promoted July 2018.
· Interim Director: African American Studies Program Saint Louis University: July 2016-June 2018
· Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion: College of Arts & Sciences, Saint Louis University: July 2013-June 2016
· Director: African American Studies Program Saint Louis University: July 2000-June 2013
· Associate Professor: Saint Louis University Department of Communication—Tenured and promoted July 2000
· Assistant Professor: Saint Louis University Department of Communication 1994 -2000
Courses taught
· Intergroup Dialogue: Race
· Communicating across racial divisions
· Introduction to Human Communication
· Intercultural communication
· Gender and communication
· Language and cultural diversity
· Communication and diversity in the workplace
· Health, communication and culture
· Introduction to African American Studies
· Contemporary Black America
· Black women in society
· African American Culture
Curriculum development
· Identity dialogues: Professional development curriculum designed to strengthen individual and organizational understanding of racial construction, complexities and conflicts and build capacity for communication across and about identity differences.
· Intergroup dialogue curriculum development: Saint Louis University—Developed a set of courses focused on Intergroup Dialogue in collaboration with SLU student development (CMM 1300 First Year Dialogue; CMM 2300 Intergroup Dialogue)
· Dialogue peer facilitator training: Saint Louis University—Developed a curriculum for training intergroup dialogue peer facilitators and first year dialogue facilitators.
· African American Studies major development: Saint Louis University—Developed, according to University Undergraduate Academic Affairs guidelines, the complete proposal for African American Studies to become a major in the College of Arts & Sciences.
Presentations & workshops on Diversity, Dialogue, Social identity & Social Justice
· Performance & facilitation of experiential activity: Check yo’ stuff: A Black feminist rant to ‘allies’ seeking “dialogue” in precarious times. Miami University of Ohio-Hamilton. October 16, 2019.
· Connectiveness and communication: Starting a conversation about identity, diversity and cultural competence. Presentation for Hoyleton Youth and Family Services Spiritual Retreat September 13, 2019
· Microaggressions and mindfulness: How communication creates workplace culture and impacts identities. Presentation for the Illinois Center for Autism, June, 2019.
· University of Colorado, Boulder, Panelist for post screening discussion of “Talking Black in America”, April 17, 2019.
· University of Colorado, Boulder, Reading & facilitation of experiential activity: Check yo’ stuff: A Black feminist rant to ‘allies’ seeking “dialogue” in precarious time. April 16, 2019.
· Miami University Ohio—Hamilton. Keynote speaker, Racial Legacies and Learning Series. March 18, 2019
· Navigating “hot moments” in the classroom. Workshop for faculty and staff of Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO., March 15, 2019
· Facilitating dialogue in the classroom and beyond. Workshop for Faculty and Staff of Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri, March 11, 2019
· Performance & facilitation of experiential activity: Check yo’ stuff: A Black feminist rant to ‘allies’ seeking “dialogue” in precarious times. Race and Pedagogy Institute, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA. September 2018
· Rockhurst University faculty and staff workshop: Making meaning and meeting others where they are: Communicating social identity in intergroup Dialogue. September 13, 2018
· Rockhurst University Scholar Talk Communicating to connect: The Ignatian pedagogy of intergroup dialogue. September 12, 2018
· Message to me: Your self care plan to support and sustain. Talk presented at the Mental Health Association of Eastern Missouri Women’s happier hour. August 9, 2018.
· Communication, culture and context: What we bring to interaction across social identities and differences. Presentation for the Illinois Center for Autism, June, 2018.
· Faculty mentoring workshop presenter: Resiliency and self care in the academy. University of North Carolina Greensboro. March, 22, 2018
· Conversation with the community speaker on “The Language of Strong Black Womanhood” University of North Carolina Greensboro. March 21, 2018
· Capacity building for Intergroup Dialogue: Infrastructure, strategies and skills (for self and participants) Pacific University Forest Grove, Oregon. September 2017
· Effective Communication, Intergroup Dialogue & Civil Discourse. Capacity building workshop for administrators at Santa Clara University June 21, 2017
· Communication, difference and dialogue: Inclusive teaching for social justice education. Capacity building workshop for faculty at Santa Clara University June 22, 2017.
· Capacity Building for Intergroup dialogue and Social Justice Education. Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon. July 2016.
· Santa Clara University Bannan Institute, Guest Speaker. Engaging Differences, Diversity and Divisions within our SCU Community: An Intergroup Dialogue Series. Sponsored by the Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education October 2014
· Santa Clara University Department of Women and Gender Studies, Guest Speaker. (Social Justice Education and Transformation at Jesuit Institutions: The Invitation of Intergroup Dialogue. October 2014
· Fontbonne University, Guest Speaker for Dedicated Semester Series Exactly what IS white privilege: Names knapsacks and neighborhoods. September 15, 2014.
· Invited speaker: Intergroup dialogue and Social Justice Education. Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. November 2013
· Diversity, Difference and Divisions: Crossing cultural borders & creating shared meaning. Presentation for Missouri Academic Advising Association Conference. September, 2012
· Diversity, Difference and Divisions in cultural border crossings. Presented to the Webster University Global Leadership Academy, St. Louis, MO, April 13, 2012.
Presentations and workshops on Black women’s self care and wellness
· Co-planner & co-convener for Womanist Wellness Convening 2019: Mind, Body and Spirit Care. Co-sponsored Inaugural conference with Dr. Paulette Sankofa, CEO of PEACE Weaving Wholeness, Saint Louis University, March 29-31, 2019.
· Presenter: Womanist reflections on the Strong Black woman stereotype, Womanist Wellness Convening 2019: Mind, Body and Spirit Care, St. Louis March 30, 2019.
· Facilitator: YWCA of St. Louis Sister Circles, November 2018, February 2019.
· Presenter: Self Care for Strong Sistas. PEACE Weaving Wholeness women’s conference, St. Louis July 21, 2018.
· Self Care for Strong Sistas: Book talk and reception for The Language of Strong Black Womanhood: Myths, models, messages and a new mandate for self care, Centreville, Il., August 2018
Sponsored program participation
Sponsored program recipient: $3.2 million April 2004-September 2009
Project Director: Midwest Prevention Intervention Center of the African American Prevention Intervention Network. A partnership between Saint Louis University African American Studies and The Community Wellness Project of St. Louis funded by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide Capacity Building Assistance for HIV prevention education services for racial/ethnic minority populations.
Responsible for all aspects of program implementation including partnership coordination, program staff and budget oversight and program evaluation. Attended quarterly mandatory grantee meetings, presented at relevant conferences and produced and delivered quarterly and annual reports to funder.
· During the five-year funding period MPIC-APIN provided trainings and capacity building assistance to community based organizations, AIDS service organizations and health departments throughout the U.S.
· MPIC-APIN staff conducted over 200 trainings and were considered Master Trainers for “SISTA” (Sisters informing Sisters on Topics about AIDS) an HIV prevention intervention for Black women and helped CDC staff revise the curriculum to adapt for various demographics.
· Project funding:
Year 1 $600,000
Year 2 $600,000
Year 3 $582,101
Year 4 $582,101
Year 5 $576,150
Year 5 extension: 3/09-9/09: $285,535
Total amount for year 5: $857,925
Project researcher and technical assistance consultant. 2001-2003
· “Evaluating outreach and case finding”. Ryan White Care Act Special Project of National Significance grant awarded to Blacks Assisting Blacks Against AIDS (BABAA), St. Louis, Mo., by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources Services Administration.
Evaluator 2000-2002
· "Development and Implementation of a comprehensive system of enhanced HIV/AIDS health care and support services for formerly incarcerated minority" women. Research to develop pilot program funded by Office of Women's Health, awarded to Blacks Assisting Blacks Against AIDS (BABAA) St. Louis, Mo.
Co-principal Investigator 2000-2001
· "Evaluation of efforts to build HIV prevention capacity for Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities In the United States." Research grant awarded to Saint Louis University School of Public Health through a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Centers for disease Control and Prevention and the Association of Schools of Public Health.
Primary consultant and co investigator 1998-1999
· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Special Interest Project: "A process and outcome evaluation of the CDC's NRMO program," Year 3. Research funded by CDC grant NO. U48/CCU710806 awarded to Saint Louis University School of Public Health
Consultant and expert panel member 1997-1998 Year 2
· Cultural competence for providing technical assistance, evaluation and training for HIV prevention programs,” Year 2. Research funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded to CRPInc., Washington D.C.
Primary consultant and co-investigator 1996-1997
· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Special Interest Project: "A process and outcome evaluation of the CDC's NRMO program." Year 1. Research funded by CDC grant NO. U48/CCU710806 awarded to Saint Louis University School of Public Health.
Professional presentations
Scott K.D. (2009) “Strong Black Womanhood:” Myths, models and a new mandate for self care. Lecture presented for The Teleios Project Second Annual Women’s Conference—Sisterhood, One in the Spirit, St. Louis, MO., March 7, 2009
Scott, K.D. & Moody, J. (2007) Righteous Black feminists: Defining ourselves. Lecture presented for St. Louis Community College at Forest Park, March 19, 2007.
Scott, K.D. & Moody, J. (2007) Righteous Black feminists: Defining ourselves. Lecture presented for Missouri History Museum March, 2007.
Scott, K.D. (2007). The language of home: Black vernacular and identity. Guest lecture for African American Literature, Southern Illinois University as Edwardsville, April, 4, 2007.
Scott, K.D. and Douthet, R. (2006). Strengthening and engaging women for action: Nia Kuumba. Presented at the Womanist Convening 2006, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN, April 1, 2006.
Scott, K.D. (2006).One size does not fit all: cultural competence in HIV prevention programs for Black women. For the HIV/AIDS Panel, “Women, men and health: African and the U.S.” Sponsored by Saint Louis University African American Studies Program, Communication, Political Science departments and Women’s Studies program, April 6, 2006.
Scott, K.D. (2006). Language in the lives of Black women. Presented for “Teaching African American Studies in our school systems.” Sponsored by The African American Studies Conference Center for international studies, University of Missouri, St. Louis, February 2, 2006.
Scott, K.D & Gilliam, A. (2001) How to develop culturally competent HIV prevention programs. Workshop presented at the CDC,Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention Capacity building for HIV prevention conference. April 3, Atlanta.
Scott, K.D. & Thompson-Robinson, M., (2001) Tailoring HIV prevention to diverse communities. Presentation made to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention/Association of Schools of Public Health HIV Leadership Institute. March 13, Atlanta
Making the Link: A faculty forum on undergraduate teaching and research. Saint Louis University January 7, 2005
Communication, culture and cultural competence. Presented for the Inter-professional Minority Health Education Elective offered by the Saint Louis University Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Program office. February 2003, 2004, 2005.
Communication in professionalism and interviewing skills. Presented with Dr. Patreece Boone-Broadus for the Office of Multi cultural Affairs MIND program workshop for high school summer enrichment program. June 27, 2005
Living and doing scholarship. Presented with Dr. Paaige Turner for the Saint Louis University Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Scholar’s summer research program. June 10 and July 8, 2005
Issues in Communication: Individual Challenges. Presented at the U.S. Air Force Paralegal Professional Development Seminar, Scott Air Force Base, O'Fallon, Il. August 19, 1997.
Gendered Communication: Implications for customer contact. Presented at the Fall 1996 retreat for employees of Saint Louis University's Financial Aid office. September 26, 1996.
Communicating across gender. Presented for the Saint Louis University Leadership and Development Academy, September 21, 1996.
Communication and Gender: Presented at the Summer seminar for Saint Louis University Registrar office employees. June 10, 1996
"Womenspeak/menspeak/genderspeak" presented with Ellen Harshman, Ph.D., J.D. for the Saint Louis University Women's Commission, February 28, 1996.
"Diversity, dialogue and communication" presented at COLORS: Campaign of Lectures on Racial Sensitivity, sponsored by Saint Louis University Residence Life Diversity Education, November 12, 1995.
"Womenspeak/menspeak/genderspeak" presented with Ellen Harshman, Ph.D., J.D. at the annual meeting of the St. Louis Chapter of National Fundraising Executives, July 25, 1995.
June 17, 1996
Communicating across differences. Cultural awareness workshop for the students enrolled in the Saint Louis University Student Educational Services Math and Science Academy and Upward Bound Summer Program.
November 1995, 96, 97, 98, 99
Developed and presented components on organizational communication and gender issues for Business Leadership: The Mercantile Program for Women at Saint Louis University
University service
· Faculty representative: University Board of Trustees Marketing and Branding Committee. 2015- 2017
· Member Search Committee for Associate Provost for Academic Affairs, Spring 2016
· Co-chair Presidents Diversity Council 2009-2015
· Appointed Co-Chair of President’s Diversity Council fall 2010
· PDC member 2009-2015
· Chair, Faculty and Staff issues subcommittee of President’s Diversity Council Spring 2010
· Organizer and Presenter: Faculty professional development workshop for dialogue facilitation. October 30, 2014
· Organizer and convener: Faculty diversity community of practice, Workshop Organizer. (August 28, 2014 - December 15, 2014).
· Saint Louis University Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning, Effective Teaching Seminar Presenter. (November 4, 2014, March 2018).
· College of Education Forum: Teaching Ferguson, Panelist. (September 2, 2014).
· Presenter: Social identity differences: diversity and divisions: Taboos, teachable moment and transformation, Presenter. (May 6, 2014).
· International student focus groups: Facilitator. (April 22, 2014 - April 24, 2014).
· Moderator for panel discussions “Race matters at SLU” Sponsored by Student life, Housing and Residence life and the Cross Cultural Center Spring 2010
1. February 10, 2010 – Does race matter?
2. February 25, 2010 – How does race matter?
3. March 18, 2010 – Why does race matter?
· Moderator for panel discussions on race and diversity sponsored by the SLU Staff Advisory Committee
1. April 15, 2010
2. June 24, 2010
· Coordinator: Implementing Intergroup Dialogue Initiative at SLU
· At university request attended Intergroup Dialogue National Institute at University of Michigan June 16-19 2010 to bring information on Intergroup Dialogue back to SLU for possible implementation.
· Co-coordinated presentation on Intergroup Dialogue training for SLU vice presidents and Arts & Sciences Dean to bring staff of University of Michigan Intergroup Relations program to SLU to train faculty, staff and students for intergroup dialogue. July 2, 2010.
· Attended Intergroup Dialogue Training at SLU provided by University of Michigan IGR staff August 10 & 11, 2010.
· At request of university attended the Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication at Reed College Portland, Oregon for professional development 3 day session:
· Strategic Planning for Campus Diversity 2010
· Educating Global Ready graduates 2011.
· Undergraduate Initiatives Committee TRIO Task Force, Spring 2010
· Coordinated commemoration of Il Monastero. The former Berea Presbyterian Church, now owned by SLU, is an important historical location where many organizing meetings were held in St. Louis during the civil rights movement. After researching, I requested a plaque be purchased by the President’s office to commemorate and it was presented by to the Black Alumni Association and Black Student Alliance at the Sankofa Ceremony May 13, 2010.
· Presentation on Communication and Culture for SLU Informational Technology Professional Development Brown Bag session June 29, 2010
· Moderator for panel: Diversity in the Workplace: The Role of Higher Education in Preparing Critical Minds for Collaborative Success, Sponsored by College of Arts & Sciences and Office of Diversity and Affirmative Action September, 27, 2010
· Presented on communication and culture: Diversity workshop for Professional Development Committee for Academic Advising October 12, 2010.
· Presenter for The Inter-professional Minority Health Education Elective offered by the Saint Louis University Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Program office. Topic: Communication, culture and cultural competence. 2003, 2004, 2005 & 2006.
· Living and doing scholarship. Presented for the Saint Louis University Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Scholar’s summer research program. 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
· Interviewer for Martin Luther King Scholarship selection process: 2004,2005, 2006, 2007.
· Interviewer for Ernest Calloway Scholarship selection process: 2000,2001, 2002, 2003
· University Strategic Planning Committee 2001
· Minority Fellowship Selection Committee 1997-1999
· School of Medicine Office of Multicultural Affairs Steering Committee 1997-2000
· Chairperson: Saint Louis University Black Faculty and Professional staff Association. (Spring 1996-1997)
· Chairperson: Black Alumni Association 1996 Reunion Committee.
College of Arts & Sciences Service
Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion duties 2013-2016
· Coordinated Faculty Lunch and Learn for Diversity and Inclusion in the Classroom and Curriculum: Seizing opportunities and syllabi revisions. April 2016.
· Faculty Associate for Diversity and Global Citizenship Learning Community. 2015-2016.
· Coordinated with School of Social Work Social Justice Center and Housing and Residence Life Learning communities Inaugural “World Café” examining the Oath of Inclusion at SLU. April 2016.
· Faculty Associate for Diversity and Unity Learning Community. 2014-2015.
· Coordinated and convened Faculty Community of Practice. Subsequently supported by Provost office and Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning and expanded for faculty from other colleges. Fall 2014
· Designed and conducted needs assessment with chairs to examine diversity and inclusion in the classroom and curriculum 2013-2014.
Additional College of Arts & Sciences Service
· Developed and submitted proposal for African American Studies to become degree granting offering a Bachelor of Arts. Approved by Board of Trustees May 7, 2010
· Coordinated external program review of African American Studies: Wrote self study, scheduled meetings with African American Studies faculty, facilitated on campus activities. Communicated findings to African American Studies Faculty and advisory committee.
· College of Arts and Sciences Deans Executive Advisory Board (2008 –2011)
· Presented on Culture and Communication for Department of English Writing Program teaching/graduate assistant orientation August 13, 2010
· Moderator for panel: Diversity in the Workplace: The Role of Higher Education in Preparing Critical Minds for Collaborative Success, Sponsored by College of Arts & sciences and Office of Diversity and Affirmative Action September, 27, 2010
· Attended SLU 101 sessions summer 2010 representing African American Studies
· College of Arts & Sciences Ad Hoc Diversity Committee (2008-2009)
· Chair: Arts & Sciences Core Curriculum committee (Fall 2007-Spring 2008)
· College of Arts & Sciences Core Implementation Committee 2004-2008
· College of Arts & Sciences Faculty council 2003- 2008
· Arts & Sciences Faculty Executive Council (Fall 2007-Spring 2008)
· College of Arts and Sciences Deans Alumni Executive Advisory Board (Fall 2007- present).
· Selection committee Arts & Sciences 2007 Teaching and Mentoring Awards. (Spring 2007)
· Reader: College of Arts & Sciences Pre commencement Ceremony, May 19, 2006
· Arts & Sciences Dean search committee 2000-2001
· Arts & Sciences Capricious Grading committee 1998-1999
· College of Arts & Sciences Core Implementation Committee 1996-1998
Communication Department service
· Undergraduate committee Fall, 2003; Spring 2007; 2015-2016
· Graduate committee: Fall 2005; Fall 2007; 2013-2015
· Chair: Communication Department faculty search for Race, Ethnicity and communication position: Fall 2010
· Co chair: joint faculty search with African American Studies Fall 2005-Spring 2006.
· Communication department chairperson search committee 2001-2002
African American Studies service
· Co chair: joint faculty search with African American Studies and Political Science, fall 2009
· Co chair: joint faculty search with African American Studies and English, spring 2009.
· Co chair: joint faculty search with African American Studies and Political Science, fall 2008;
· Co chair: joint faculty search with African American Studies and History, Spring 2008.
· Co chair: joint faculty search with African American Studies and Sociology, fall 2007
Community service
· Planner and convener: East St. Louis 1917 Centennial Commission & Cultural Initiative Kickoff Conference—The City that Survives: Commemorating the Past, Preparing for the future. May 26-28, 2017. East St. Louis Illinois.
· Commission Member: East St. Louis 1917 Centennial Commission established to capture, record and prepare relevant history for an engaging educational and appropriate 21st century commemoration of the 1917 Race Riots in East St. Louis, Illinois—one of the most horrific and violent series of events in the history of the United States. Appointed March 2014.
· Presenter for Frame of Reference discussion on “The Progress of Love” exhibit at The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts. February, 2013.
· Discussant: Mixed Identity Forum. Part of the Conversations with World St. Louis Discussion Series sponsored by Gitana: Global Healing Through Arts. June 2013.
· Presenter on Gender and Communication for the Women of the Cloth Retreat, Palatine Renewal Center, St. Louis, MO. April, 2010
· Film Reviewer: African World Documentary Film Festival. Tivoli Theatre. St. Louis MO. October 4-7, 2007.
· Program participant: Representing Saint Louis University. Welcome Program for the 118th Session of the Missouri Annual Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, at Washington Metropolitan AME Zion Church. July 10, 2007.
· Host and presenter for the East St. Louis Charter High School Visual Literacy Project students visit to Saint Louis University, March 23, 2007.
Professional service
External Program Reviewer
· African American and African Diaspora Studies at the University of North Carolina Greensboro October, 2018
· Santa Clara University Women and Gender Studies Department: October 2017
Editorial boards
· Women and Language
Board leadership & memberships
· President Organization for the Study of Communication Language and Gender (October 2018 – 2020)
· Vice President Organization for the Study of Communication Language and Gender (October 2018 – 2020)
· Co-Chair: IAmEStLouis:The Magazine Foundation (Appointed January 2018).
· Board member Organization for the Study of Communication Language and Gender, (October 15, 2014 – 2017)
· Nia Kuumba: House of Spirituality for African and African American Women. St. Louis, MO. 2000-2017)
· Saint Louis University Black Alumni Association (July 1995-1999)
· Catherine Kasper Medical Center, East St. Louis, IL. (1989-1991)
Awards
· Outstanding Journal Article: Young, Shifting and Black: Leaving the language of home and back again—a cautionary tale of crossing race and gender borders. Qualitative Inquiry, 2016. Presented by National Communication Association Black Caucus and African American Communication and Culture Division. (November 2016).
· Lifetime Achievement Award, National Communication Association Black Caucus and African American Communication and Culture Division. (November 21, 2015).
· Inducted into the “Wise Women Panel” of the Organization for the Study of Communication Language and Gender in recognition of service, scholarly contributions and mentoring efforts. October 2015
· Saint Louis University Black Alumni Association “Distinguished Black Alumni Service Award” April 25, 2015
· Organization for the Study of Communication Language and Gender Anita Taylor Outstanding Published Article or Chapter in an Anthology Award presented October 18, 2014 for: Communication strategies across cultural borders: Dispelling stereotypes, performing competence and redefining Black womanhood. Women’s Studies in Communication, 36, pp. 312–329.
· Donald G. Brennan Humanitarian Award Presented at Saint Louis University Martin Luther King Memorial Breakfast, January 2013
· Society of African American Studies Ernest Calloway Excellence in Teaching Award, Presented by the Society of African American Studies at Sankofa: the African American Graduate Recognition Ceremony, May 2013
· Phenomenal Woman Award, Presented by the Center for Racial Harmony, Belleville, Il., October 24, 2010
· Woman of the Year presented by Saint Louis University Women’s Commission April 21, 2010.
· Organization for the Study of Communication Language and Gender “Special Award for weaving scholarship, teaching, mentoring and community activism to improve the lives of African American Women” Presented at the OSCLG Annual meeting, St. Louis, MO., October 2006.
· Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program McNair Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award April 2006
· Saint Louis University College of Arts & Sciences Chauncey E. Finch Award for Excellence in Advising. April 2006.
· Graduate School Office of Research Services Administration Award. April 2006
· Faculty Excellence Teaching Award Presented by Saint Louis University Student Government Association. April 2005
· St. Louis Sentinel Newspaper “Yes I Can” Award. Presented to role models for minority youth. December 2000
· Saint Louis University College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award. April 2000.
· 1996 Kramarae Outstanding Dissertation Award presented by the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender.
· Illinois Consortium of Educational Opportunity Program Fellow 1992-94
· University of Illinois Minority Graduate Fellow 1991-92
· International Communication Association Graduate Teaching Assistant Excellence Award 1989-1990. Awarded by the Department of Speech Communication Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.
Professional Memberships
· National Communication Association
· Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender
· Central States Communication Association