The great aim of education is not knowledge but action. ~ H. Spencer

Leading summer study abroad in Senegal – 2012

Leading summer study abroad in Senegal – 2013

Leading summer study abroad in Senegal – 2015

Leading summer study abroad in Senegal – 2016

Leading summer study abroad in Senegal – 2017

Leading summer study abroad in Senegal – 2018

Leading summer study abroad in Senegal – 2019

Leading summer study abroad in Senegal – 2022

Leading summer study abroad in Senegal – 2024

Ribbon cutting after my renovation project, as department chair, was completed. “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” -Rosalynn Carter.

With renowned Kenyan writer, scholar, and activist Ngugi Wa Thiong’o

With Togolese scholar and award-winning writer Kangni Alem

With Cameroonian scholar and writer Ambroise Kom

With the iconic activist, philosopher, academic, and author Angela Davis

Undergraduate student research mentorship

Undergraduate student research mentorship

Undergraduate student research mentorship

Undergraduate student research mentorship

Geneseo student-faculty research mentor teams chosen for the 2022 Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) advocacy program Scholars Transforming Through Research (STR).

Participating in student body diversity and inclusion efforts

Training with the Geneseo student karate club

Academic collaboration abroad (Senegal)

With colleagues at a cultural event

With my former professors from graduate school (Doctoral studies_UTK)

With my former professors from graduate school (NCSU)

Getting recognized

Receiving the James & Julia Lockhart Endowed Professorship award [left: President Denise Battles, right: Provost Joe Cope]

Attending students’ graduation with distinguished colleagues

Giving a convocation speech. “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education”, ~ Martin Luther King