Ph.D. in Computing and Information Systems, Interdisciplinary Track in Sociology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte  

Relevant Coursework: Qualitative & Quantitative Research, Human-Computer Interaction, Diversity  Equity & Inclusion Analytics, Sociology of Education 

Master of Science in Computer Science, Data Science Concentration, University of North Carolina at Charlotte 

Relevant Coursework: Big Data Analytics for Competitive Adv, Intelligent Systems, Visual Analytics, KDD, Machine Learning, Computer Communications and networks 

Summer Institute for Computational Social Science {link}     

Howard University & Mathematica (2020)             

• Selected as one of the 25 scholars selected from across North America to participate in the first  Summer Institute in Computational Social Science with a topical focus on antiblack racism and inequity. 

• The instructional program involved lectures, group problem sets, and participant-led research projects. Topics covered included text as data, website scraping, digital field experiments, machine learning, and ethics.

Manning School of Business - Global Entrepreneurship Exchange Program {link} 

KLE Technological University, University of Massachusetts Lowell & Nanjing University  (2018)

• Selected as an exchange participant with 100 students from India, the U.S.A, and China.

• The program focused on a project-based approach to understand and implement concepts of Business Model Generation, Lean Launchpad, Customer Discovery, Design Thinking, Digital Marketing and Financing 

• Received for a research project- “Global Crowns: Emotions Surrounding Natural Hair of Black Women Around the Globe”, sponsored by Mathematica & Howard-SICSS  {link}

Joanna R. Baker Memorial Graduate Fellowship {link}

3,000 USD - Aug 2021 - May 2022 

• The Fellowship is awarded to a graduate student who best demonstrates evidence of creative and rigorous (e.g. mathematical, computer science, or technology based) solutions applied to challenging public and social policy problems.

UNC ASG Fellowship {link}

1,000 USD- Jan 2020 - May 2020

• The Fellowship is a competitive grant awarded to 5 students across the Graduate College.  Served as an advocate for the graduate school to increase awareness of opportunities and resources and provide support for graduate students from orientation through graduation. 

UNC-Charlotte Student Involvement Ambassadors {link}

1,750 USD - July 2019 - Jun 2020

• The role is a competitive stipend awarded to 6 students across the student community to assist current and incoming students in getting connected to involvement opportunities that best match their interests and goals on campus.

• Conducted workshops for UCOL First-Year Seminars across colleges as a part of campus-wide resource sharing

• Attended ACUI Regional Conference at Tennessee Knoxville 

NASA Space App Challenge Global Nominee  

Mar 2017