Service
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Department
Early Childhood Education Search Committee [Chair]
2003-2004
Diversity Committee
2001-2006
Early Childhood Professional Advisory Committee
2001-2006
Early Childhood Education Search Committee
2001-2002
Oral Comprehensive Examination
1999-2006
[Master's Project Evaluator]
Early Childhood Education Committee
1999-2006
College Undergraduate Committee
1999-2003
Barbara K. Lipman Early Childhood Center Committee
1999-2002
Transitional Support Team for Students [Chair]
1999-2001
College
Teacher Advisory Committee
1999-2006
University
African American Read-In Festival Planning Committee
2004-2005
Academic Marshal for Winter Commencement
2002
Middle Atlantic Studies Committee
2000
Barbara K. Lipman Early Childhood Center
1999-2000
Director Search Committee
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
sponsored by the Southern Childhood
Association [Children’s Literature Reviewer]
sponsored by the National Association for
Multicultural Education [Journal Reviewer]
Children's Committee of the Ethnic and
2005-2007
Multicultural
Information Exchange Round
Table [Member]
U. S. Department of Education's Early 2005-Present
Childhood Educator
Professional
Development Grant Program Peer Review
[Panel
Moderator & Reviewer]
Tennessee’s Children,
the journal sponsored
2004-2008
by the Tennessee
Association for the Education of Young
2004-2008
Children
[Co-Editor]
Executive Board for the Tennessee Association
2004-2008
for the
Education of Young Children [Member]
Dimensions of Early Childhood,
the journal
Early 2004-Present
sponsored by the Southern
Childhood
Association [Journal Reviewer]
Young Children,
the journal sponsored by the
National Association for the Education of
Young Children [Consulting
Editor]
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Personnel Committee for the Shelby
2004-2005
County Head Start Policy Council
[Chair]
Mid-South Local Advisory Board of
2003-2004
First Book
[Founding Member]
Shelby County Head Start Policy
Council
2002-2005
[Community Representative]
Advisory Board for the Little Heritage
2002-2003
Enrichment Center
African American Read-In Chain
2001-Present
[Host]
Advisory Council for Restructuring
2000-2008
Memphis Association for the Education
2000-2001
of Young
Children’s Rosestelle Woolner
Scholarship
Memphis City Schools’ Career Technology
1999-2000
Secondary
Advisory Committee
OUTREACH
Booked on Beautyshops-
20004, September
MATR-Math, Assistive Technology, and Reading
Workshops-2004, May
to 2004 June
Reading Excellence Act-2002, July to 2003, May
Adventures in Learning to Teach-2000, June
Memphis Child Care Forum-2000, March
Excellence Reception-2000, February
Permanency
Planning for Children Affected by HIV/AIDS
(Needs-
Assessment Focus Groups
with Children and Adolescents)-1998,
March
Permanency Planning for Children Affected by HIV/AIDS
(Needs-
Assessment Focus Groups
with Parents Diagnosed with HIV/AIDS)-
1998, February
Needs-Assessment Focus Groups with Doctoral Students of
Color-1997,
March to May
Elementary-Age Girls At-Risk Support Group1997,
March to May
African American Lecture Series-1996,
February
Back-To-School-Kickoff-1995,
July; 1996, July; 1997, August
HONORS AND AWARDS
2007 Recipient of the Celebrate Literacy Award on behalf of Boys Booked on Barbershops for bridging paths to the future, from the International Reading Association and the Hillsborough County Council.
2006 Boys Booked on Barbershops featured in
Black Family
Today, a magazine that focuses
on education and empowerment, and featured on the Black
America web site.
2005
Recipient of the
Mayor's Award for Head Start Service on behalf of
children and families
in Shelby County, Tennessee.
2005 Listed
in the Honor's
Edition of the Empire Who's Who of Women for
outstanding
professional achievements.
2004
Recipient of the
Community Service Award for outstanding
contributions in literacy
enhancement from the Memphis Chapters of the Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity Incorporated.
2004
Recipient of the
Mayor's Award for Head Start Service on behalf of
children and families in Shelby County, Tennessee.
2004 Boys Booked on Barbershops featured in
School Library
Journal, a national journal.
2004
Proclamation for a national, community-based literacy
program received from the
Mayor of Shelby County, Tennessee, declaring February 2,
2004 to be: Boys Booked on Barbershops Day!
2004 Boys
Booked on Barbershops featured during a televised
Fox 13 News
Program.
2004 Boys Booked on Barbershops featured in
African American
News & Issues, the
Black Informant, the
Commercial Appeal, the
Cordova Appeal, the
DeSoto Appeal,
the Daily
Helmsman, the
Dallas Morning News, the
University of
Memphis Magazine, and the
University of Memphis Update.
2003
Recipient of the
Mayor's Award for Head Start Service on behalf of
children and families in Shelby County, Tennessee.
1998 Recipient of the
Clark Award
for outstanding efforts in building community
partnerships, from Florida’s Department of Children and
Families Services.
1988 Recipient of the
Outstanding Young
Women of the Year Award for exceptional professional
achievements and contributions, from the National Awards
Program.
…if you have a purpose in which you can believe,
there’s no end
to the amount of things you can accomplish.