Brief Bio

I am a sociological scholar of Gender and Family Studies whose interests lie at the intersection of race, gender, and class. My book in progress locates upward mobility as a meaning making experience and investigates how upward mobility shapes identity (re)construction and decision-making among Black professionals.

My research advances theories of Black femininity, Black masculinity, Marriage/Family, Cultural studies, Performativity, and Class.

My work has been published in Gender & Society, Journal of Marriage and Family, Sociological Focus, and the American Journal of Public Health.

I completed a PhD in Sociology at Rice University in May 2021 before joining the VMware Women’s Leadership Lab at Stanford University as a post-doctoral fellow.

In Fall 2023 I joined the Sociology and Anthropology department at North Carolina State University as an assistant professor of sociology.