Educator, Journalist, Advocate for Student Voice

Hi there — and welcome.

I’m a media strategist, educator, and storyteller working at the intersection of journalism, education, and student leadership development.

As Director of Student Media at Rice University, I lead a department that supports three student-run organizations: The Rice Thresher newspaper, KTRU radio, and the Campanile yearbook. Together, we empower students to produce bold, high-impact work across platforms—building leadership, creativity, and strategy into everything we do.

Before joining Rice, I was a tenure-track journalism professor at Howard University in Washington, D.C., where I also served as editorial director of the Howard University News Service. There, I mentored student journalists reporting on underserved communities and partnered with Black-owned news outlets to address media deserts and diversify national news coverage.

Earlier in my career, I launched the Illinois Student Newsroom at Illinois Public Media (NPR/PBS) and helped unify and modernize the student media program at the University of Vermont.

Explore this site to learn more about my work in student media advising, journalism, teaching, and fiction writing—and to read testimonials about my work from students, colleagues, and fellow First Amendment advocates.