Doctoral Candidate in Education
Community College & Higher Education, Student Affairs, Expected Graduate Date: 2020
Dissertation – The Influence of Pepperdine University on the Black Church
in Los Angeles and the Black Community in South Los Angeles, 1937-1981
Certificate in Applied Women’s Studies, May 2018
Master of Arts in Political Science, May 2012
Master of Arts in Higher Educational Studies, 2011
Master Critique: Evaluating the Boy Problem in K-12 amongst African Americans and its effects on the Community College system
Master Studies in English Literature, 2009
Degree Not Awarded
Master of Public Administration, Public Service, Leadership and Governance, 2006
Thesis: A Back-to-Back Loss: What did the Democrats do wrong in the 2004 Presidential Election? How can they fix it in time to prevail in 2008?
Bachelor of Arts, English with Journalism Concentration, 2004
ASCCC Professional Development Committee 2021-2022; 2022-2023
ASCCC ESL AB705 Committee 2021-2022
ASCCC Career and Noncredit Education Institute 2020-2021
Member of the Committee & Presenter
Faculty Fellow
Facilitate workshops on training faculty
Generate future faculty workshops
Provide personalized consultations for teaching philosophy statements
Evaluate teacher demonstrations and syllabus crafting
Research Associate
Provided research material for Merze Tate book and published paper
Organized and managed an online and paper files on African American Women who studied at universities in the late 1800s and early 1900s
Read and provided notation on NAACP Papers and Rockefeller Scholarship
Created a digital library system and bibliography of all articles and texts
Created online presentations for conferences that Dr. Perkins presented
Professor - Political Science 08/2021 - current
Courses: Introduction to International Relations, Introduction to Political Science, Global Studies, Global Issues, The Presidency
Appointed to the Guided Pathways Pillar 3 Committee, Spring 2022
Appointed to the Dual Enrollment Liaison Position, Spring 2022
Provided a Flex Workshop on Guided Pathways
Citizenship Instructor 2017 - current
Courses: Citizenship 13, Citizenship 14, Basic Skills GED Social Studies 86
Revised all SLOs for the Basic Skills Department
Collaborated with creating an ADA compliant syllabus for the department to utilize
Compiled all faculty CVs and syllabi for each semesters
Created the Curriculum for Citizenship 13, Citizenship 14
Revised the curriculum for GED Social Studies 86
Transitioned the GED Social Studies 86 to be a completely online course
Appointed to be part of the Community of Practice
Provided Professional Development on SLOs, Assessments, and Building Community
Adjunct English Instructor
Courses: Introduction to the College Essay (English A), Developmental Reading and Writing (English 84), English 1, English 1A/1AS
Participated in Adjunct Basic Skills Success Project
Participated in program evaluation and SLO evaluation for English A
Attended the Best Teacher’s Conference, 2016
Scholarly Inquiry for Teaching Excellence (SITE), 2017-current
Guided Pathways Committee, 2020-current
Nominee for Outstanding Adjunct, Fall 2020
Created Professional Development Course for Inclusive Teaching Pedagogy
Invited to be an Equity Minded Teaching Institute Planning, 2021-2022