Published Works
Toni Cade Bambara once said, "Writing is one of the ways I participate in transformation." This quote highlights the heart and soul as to why I see publishing as an important praxis of being a scholar-artist. As noted in the faculty handbook, performance productions are evaluated as rigorous research, revision, and peer/community engagement as published works. Sometimes long rehearsals or tedious nights of video editing outweigh the energy it takes for me to revise an article.
Fortunately my formal training at UNT and LSU emphasized the importance of documenting the artistic process of production work as well as the theories that guide them through traditional publications. This page highlights accepted or in publication works that I have obtained while at Xavier. There is also a separate tab of in-progress publications.
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As I continue to build a scholarly record that includes more traditional publications, I still remain committed to creating spaces where knowledge is made not just through texts, but through lived expression, communal storytelling, and Black cultural aesthetics.
Peer-Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters
This is an accepted essay in Text and Performance Quarterly (TPQ) as of December 2025. Structured as a poetic and personal letter, this essay explores what it means to teach, write, and live as a Black feminist performer in the digital realm.
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I also serve on the Editorial Board for TPQ.
This is a digital performance that is accompanied by an artist statement. Published in Liminalities: A Journal for Performance Studies in April 2o25. This project examines how Black women use technologies, literature, and self-representation to navigate natural hair, identity, and visibility in online spaces.
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I am also a Contributing Editor for Liminalities.
This is a vingette in Being Black and the Ivory: Truth Telling About Racism in Higher Education, edited by Dr. Shardae Davis. Published by The University of North Carolina Press in February 2024. This piece explores how student performers negotiate Black identity across performance contexts, highlighting the tensions between authenticity, pedagogy, and representation.
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Publishing in Liminalities is both a professional and political choice. As one of the few open-access journals dedicated to Performance Studies, it plays a critical role in making our field more accessible to artists, educators, and scholars who operate outside of elite institutions or well-resourced programs. While top organization-specific journals like Text and Performance Quarterly (TPQ) encourage open-access publishing, they also charge the author to do so in this format.
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I value Liminalities for its commitment to experimental and interdisciplinary scholarship that pushes the boundaries of what gets published in an academic journal. Its platform invites multimedia essays, performance scripts, digital storytelling, and critical reflection. These are formats that align with the aesthetic and ethical values of my own work. I serve as a contributing editor for Liminalities alongside many of the same top scholars on the editorial board of TPQ.​
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Read more about my in-progress publications here.