.” Presently, my interests include aging/ spirituality, multigenerational family systems, and domestic violence from the African American perspective.  I am an author, consultant, and articles are published monthly relative to African Americans and political occurrences on a WEB site in Columbus, Ohio. I have also presented at state, local, and national conferences on topics pertaining to aging, domestic violence, effective communication, parenting, stress management, and cultural diversity. Additionally, I hold licenses in several areas in the mental health field and serve on the following boards: Advisory Board -Foster Grandparent Program, National Student Leadership Board-Rust College, Greater Mobile-Washington County Mental Health-Mental Retardation Board, Inc., and the McGraw Hill Contemporary Academic Advisory Board (2009). Finally, I am a member of Theta Alpha Kappa National Honor Society for Religious Studies and Theology.

My primary duties at USA involve teaching and mentoring students which resulted in the following: ABENEEFOO KOU Faculty of the Year Award (1997-1998), Glenn Sebastian Professor/Faculty of the Year Award (2000-2001), The Donald R. South Faculty Service Award (2007), and Top Prof (2008 & 2009). I teach the following courses: Marriage & Family, African American Family, African American Health & Aging, Social Problems, and Social Gerontology.

 Motto:  The class setting should allow students feasible opportunity to think “outside of the box” while attending to the validity of discussed and/or written information.