Prior to Kent she served four years as a Fixed term Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Student Affairs Administration masters program at Michigan State University. Her scholarship includes the development and trajectory of Black women in postsecondary education, college student development, and critical qualitative inquiry and methods. Specifically, she explores identity development (and one’s articulation of identity), socialization processes, and success of Black women entering into and pursuing higher education as students and faculty. Her service to the academy is guided by both a critical and co-constructive framework and her praxis is grounded in Black feminist thought, intersectionality, and critical theories. Prior to joining the academy (at Kent and MSU), she worked administratively in various student affairs functional areas at multiple institutional types.