Invited Talks/Keynotes
Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black Radicalism Book Panel, Philosophy Born of Struggle Conference in Dayton, OH (October 23rd, 2025)
“Bad Artist, Banned Art?: Black Aesthetics, Political Protest, and Complicated Artifacts” Southern Aesthetics Workshop in Auburn, AL (SAW) (November 8th, 2024)
“Controlling Images: Black Existentialism as the Political Negotiations between the World, the Self, and Racialized Imagery” Western Kentucky University’s Department of Political Science and Philosophy Undergraduate Conference Keynote Address (April 12th, 2024)
“Philosophy and Activism” Butler University Guest Lecture September 14, 2022
“James Baldwin’s ‘Going to Meet the Man’ and Philosophy” Memphis Theological Seminary January 8th, 2021
“Bad Artist, Banned Art?: Black Aesthetics, Political Protest, and Complicated Artifacts” Southern Aesthetics Workshop in Auburn, AL (SAW) (November 8th, 2024)
“Controlling Images: Black Existentialism as the Political Negotiations between the World, the Self, and Racialized Imagery” Western Kentucky University’s Department of Political Science and Philosophy Undergraduate Conference Keynote Address (April 12th, 2024)
“Philosophy and Activism” Butler University Guest Lecture September 14, 2022
“James Baldwin’s ‘Going to Meet the Man’ and Philosophy” Memphis Theological Seminary January 8th, 2021
Academic Conference Talks
"KING'S 'WORLD HOUSE' AS A CASE FOR THE HUMANITIES" MOREHOUSE COLLEGE MLK AND THE BLACK LIBERAL ARTS TRADITION CONFERENCE (OCTOBER 2025)
“BALDWINIAN EXISTENTIAL PHENOMENOLOGY: WHAT LIES DO TO THE NEGRO” CARIBBEAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION: “DECOLONIZING EPISTEMOLOGIES” (JUNE 2024)
“TRACING CHOICE: EXISTENTIAL NARRATIVES AND RACE/GENDER ANALYSIS” HOWARD UNIVERSITY PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT: “PHILOSOPHY OF THE BLACK EXPERIENCE CONFERENCE” (MARCH 2024)
“PHILOSOPHY AS A DIALOGIC ENDEAVOR” COGTWEETO VIRTUAL CONFERENCE “COGTEACHO” (AUGUST 2023)
“BLACK-MALE IMAGOS AS PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EXISTENTIAL BOUNDARIES” PHILOSOPHY BORN OF STRUGGLE CONFERENCE: “EXITS FROM ABSENCE,” VIRTUALLY HOSTED BY TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY (NOVEMBER 2022)
“REVISITING BIGGER THOMAS’ BAD FAITH: NATIVE SON AS A PROBLEM FOR INTERSECTIONAL/MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS” CARIBBEAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION CONFRENCE: "SHIFTING THE GEOGRAPHY OF REASON, PHILOSOPHY, LITERATURE, LIBERATION" (OCTOBER 2022)
“THE NECESSITY OF RADICAL DREAMING: SPECULATIVE FICTION AND COMBATTING RACIST NARRATIVES” CARIBBEAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION XXTH SHIFTING THE GEOGRAPHY OF REASON, PHILOSOPHY, LITERATURE, LIBERATION (OCTOBER 2022)
“HBCUS AND THE ETHICAL DILEMMAS OF MEETING CONTEMPORARY EXPECTATIONS” VIRTUAL SYMPOSIUM FOR THE BOOK DILEMMAS OF ETHICS AND JUSTICE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: BRIDGING PHILOSOPHY, RESEARCH, AND PRACTICE TO ADVANCE EMPIRICALLY-ENGAGED, COLLABORATIVE NORMATIVE INQUIRY (NOVEMBER 2020)
“HANGING OFF THE SOCIAL CONTRACT: SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORIES AND BLACK MASCULINITY” 2020 UIUC PHILOSOPHY GRADUATE CONFERENCE: ETHICS AND PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY IN URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS (APRIL 2020) [CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19]
“THE MEN ON THE EDGE: THE COMPLICATED NATURE OF BLACK MASCULINITY AND BLACK MALENESS” AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION EASTERN DIVISION MEETING IN PHILADELPHIA, PA (JANUARY 2020)
“BLACK MAN: UNDERSTANDING THE INTERSECTION OF ANTI-BLACKNESS AND PATRIARCHY” 8TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON BLACK MALES IN EDUCATION (NOVEMBER 2019)
“WHAT BLACK ARTS MOVEMENTS MEAN: AN ANALYSIS OF BLACK AESTHETICS’ RELATIONSHIP WITH IDENTITY, REPRESENTATION, AND RACIAL FORTITUDE “AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AESTHETICS PACIFIC DIVISION MEETING IN BERKELEY, CA (MARCH 2019)
“WHAT BLACK ARTS MOVEMENTS MEAN: AN ANALYSIS OF BLACK AESTHETICS’ RELATIONSHIP WITH IDENTITY, REPRESENTATION, AND RACIAL FORTITUDE” GRADUATE ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY CONFERENCE IN MEMPHIS, TN (OCTOBER 2018)
“THE VEIL OF EDUCATION BETWEEN THE NEGRO AND HERSELF: THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF SELF, BLACK ONTOLOGY, AND THE QUESTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION” W.E.B. DUBOIS AND LIBERAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE AT VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY-PHILADELPHIA, PA (SEPTEMBER 2018)
“HAZING, HARDSHIP, AND FORWARD-THINKING PUNISHMENT: TO WHAT EXTENT IS A NPHC FRATERNITY OR SORORITY COLLECTIVELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS OF THEIR MEMBERS?” WISCONSIN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING IN MILWAUKEE, WI (APRIL 2018)
“RECLAIMING MY TIME AND SPACE” REVERSE MIGRATION AND THE RECLAMATION OF THE URBAN SOUTH” JUSTICE ACROSS BORDERS ANNUAL PGSA CONFERENCE- KNOXVILLE, TN (MARCH 2018)
“THE ‘DIRTY SOUTH’ MYSTERY” ATLANTA’S SOCIOECONOMIC PARADOX AND HOW ATLANTA REMAINS THE BLACK MECCA OF THE SOUTH” SOUTH ATLANTIC MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION (SAMLA)-ATLANTA, GA (NOVEMBER 2017)
“WHY BLACK MEN WANT TO SCREAM!” RETHINKING THE ‘I KNOW WHY YOU ARE ANGRY’ VIEW OF BLACK MEN” IDA B. WELLS PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE-UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS -MEMPHIS, TN (NOVEMBER 2016)
“TALKING RACE AND SITCOMS” AN ANALYSIS OF SITCOM’S EPISTEMIC AND AESTHETIC VALUE IN EXPOSING RACIAL EXPERIENCES” POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION IN THE SOUTH & AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION OF THE SOUTH'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE-NASHVILLE, TN (OCTOBER 2016)
“BALDWINIAN EXISTENTIAL PHENOMENOLOGY: WHAT LIES DO TO THE NEGRO” CARIBBEAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION: “DECOLONIZING EPISTEMOLOGIES” (JUNE 2024)
“TRACING CHOICE: EXISTENTIAL NARRATIVES AND RACE/GENDER ANALYSIS” HOWARD UNIVERSITY PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT: “PHILOSOPHY OF THE BLACK EXPERIENCE CONFERENCE” (MARCH 2024)
“PHILOSOPHY AS A DIALOGIC ENDEAVOR” COGTWEETO VIRTUAL CONFERENCE “COGTEACHO” (AUGUST 2023)
“BLACK-MALE IMAGOS AS PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EXISTENTIAL BOUNDARIES” PHILOSOPHY BORN OF STRUGGLE CONFERENCE: “EXITS FROM ABSENCE,” VIRTUALLY HOSTED BY TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY (NOVEMBER 2022)
“REVISITING BIGGER THOMAS’ BAD FAITH: NATIVE SON AS A PROBLEM FOR INTERSECTIONAL/MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS” CARIBBEAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION CONFRENCE: "SHIFTING THE GEOGRAPHY OF REASON, PHILOSOPHY, LITERATURE, LIBERATION" (OCTOBER 2022)
“THE NECESSITY OF RADICAL DREAMING: SPECULATIVE FICTION AND COMBATTING RACIST NARRATIVES” CARIBBEAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION XXTH SHIFTING THE GEOGRAPHY OF REASON, PHILOSOPHY, LITERATURE, LIBERATION (OCTOBER 2022)
“HBCUS AND THE ETHICAL DILEMMAS OF MEETING CONTEMPORARY EXPECTATIONS” VIRTUAL SYMPOSIUM FOR THE BOOK DILEMMAS OF ETHICS AND JUSTICE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: BRIDGING PHILOSOPHY, RESEARCH, AND PRACTICE TO ADVANCE EMPIRICALLY-ENGAGED, COLLABORATIVE NORMATIVE INQUIRY (NOVEMBER 2020)
“HANGING OFF THE SOCIAL CONTRACT: SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORIES AND BLACK MASCULINITY” 2020 UIUC PHILOSOPHY GRADUATE CONFERENCE: ETHICS AND PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY IN URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS (APRIL 2020) [CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19]
“THE MEN ON THE EDGE: THE COMPLICATED NATURE OF BLACK MASCULINITY AND BLACK MALENESS” AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION EASTERN DIVISION MEETING IN PHILADELPHIA, PA (JANUARY 2020)
“BLACK MAN: UNDERSTANDING THE INTERSECTION OF ANTI-BLACKNESS AND PATRIARCHY” 8TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON BLACK MALES IN EDUCATION (NOVEMBER 2019)
“WHAT BLACK ARTS MOVEMENTS MEAN: AN ANALYSIS OF BLACK AESTHETICS’ RELATIONSHIP WITH IDENTITY, REPRESENTATION, AND RACIAL FORTITUDE “AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AESTHETICS PACIFIC DIVISION MEETING IN BERKELEY, CA (MARCH 2019)
“WHAT BLACK ARTS MOVEMENTS MEAN: AN ANALYSIS OF BLACK AESTHETICS’ RELATIONSHIP WITH IDENTITY, REPRESENTATION, AND RACIAL FORTITUDE” GRADUATE ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY CONFERENCE IN MEMPHIS, TN (OCTOBER 2018)
“THE VEIL OF EDUCATION BETWEEN THE NEGRO AND HERSELF: THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF SELF, BLACK ONTOLOGY, AND THE QUESTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION” W.E.B. DUBOIS AND LIBERAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE AT VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY-PHILADELPHIA, PA (SEPTEMBER 2018)
“HAZING, HARDSHIP, AND FORWARD-THINKING PUNISHMENT: TO WHAT EXTENT IS A NPHC FRATERNITY OR SORORITY COLLECTIVELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS OF THEIR MEMBERS?” WISCONSIN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING IN MILWAUKEE, WI (APRIL 2018)
“RECLAIMING MY TIME AND SPACE” REVERSE MIGRATION AND THE RECLAMATION OF THE URBAN SOUTH” JUSTICE ACROSS BORDERS ANNUAL PGSA CONFERENCE- KNOXVILLE, TN (MARCH 2018)
“THE ‘DIRTY SOUTH’ MYSTERY” ATLANTA’S SOCIOECONOMIC PARADOX AND HOW ATLANTA REMAINS THE BLACK MECCA OF THE SOUTH” SOUTH ATLANTIC MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION (SAMLA)-ATLANTA, GA (NOVEMBER 2017)
“WHY BLACK MEN WANT TO SCREAM!” RETHINKING THE ‘I KNOW WHY YOU ARE ANGRY’ VIEW OF BLACK MEN” IDA B. WELLS PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE-UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS -MEMPHIS, TN (NOVEMBER 2016)
“TALKING RACE AND SITCOMS” AN ANALYSIS OF SITCOM’S EPISTEMIC AND AESTHETIC VALUE IN EXPOSING RACIAL EXPERIENCES” POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION IN THE SOUTH & AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION OF THE SOUTH'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE-NASHVILLE, TN (OCTOBER 2016)
Public Talks
"The Story of Black Community, Told by Contemporary Rap and Hip-Hop" Black Leadership Summit 2025 "Embrace" (February 7th, 2025)
“ANTI-RACIST PEDAGOGY” PANEL DISCUSSION FOR FACULTY INTERESTED IN ANTI-RACIST PEDAGOGY (MARCH 4TH, 2024)
“HOW MY MELLON JOURNEY EQUIPPED ME TO TEACH/RESEARCH TO TRANSGRESS” PANEL DISCUSSION FOR THE MELLON MAYS UNDERGRADUATE FELLOWSHIP SUMMER INSTITUTE-EMORY UNIVERSITY (JUNE 16TH, 2022)
“NAVIGATING THE JOB MARKET” AT THE IDA B. WELLS CONFERENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS (APRIL 23RD, 2022)
“WHO I AM VS. WHO THEY SEE” HOSTED BY THE EMPOWERED MEN OF COLOR (EMOC) ORGANIZATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS (NOV. 13TH, 2021)
“NOT ALL MEN: A PRIVATE DISCUSSION AROUND MASCULINITY, SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY” HOSTED BY NATIVE RITES, CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIES (MAY 11TH, 2021)
“COVID-19 AND HUMAN RIGHTS: COVID-19 AND AFRICAN AMERICANS” VIRTUAL PANEL DISCUSSION, HOSTED BY THE AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CHAPTER AT RHODES COLLEGE (SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020)
“THE MASK YOU LIVE IN” [DISCUSSION BASED ON THE DOCUMENTARY] TOXIC MASCULINITY CAMPUS DISCUSSION FOR WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH-UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS (APRIL 4TH, 2019)
“I’M ADDICTED TO TRAP MUSIC” RAP, TOXIC TROPES, AND A CALL FOR HIP HOP REFLECTION -UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS SOCIAL JUSTICE PRESENTATION (FEBRUARY 4TH, 2019)
“THIS IS MASCULINITY” UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS STUDENT COLLOQUIUM CALLED “DETOX MASCULINITY” PANEL (SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2018)
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FOR THE 21ST CENTURY- PANEL ON COLSON WHITEHEAD’S NOVEL “THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD” AND THE NEW SHOW “UNDERGROUND” (SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2018)
“I’M A CLASSIC MAN” DEBUNKING MASCULINITY MISCONCEPTIONS AND IMPLEMENTING DIFFERENT FEMINISMS IN THE SEARCH FOR 'GOOD MASCULINITY'-UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS STUDENT COLLOQUIUM CALLED “DETOX MASCULINITY” PANEL (APRIL 9TH, 2018)
SOUTH ATLANTIC MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION PANEL ENTITLED “ATLANTIANS ON ‘ATLANTA’” (NOVEMBER 3RD, 2017)
“ANTI-RACIST PEDAGOGY” PANEL DISCUSSION FOR FACULTY INTERESTED IN ANTI-RACIST PEDAGOGY (MARCH 4TH, 2024)
“HOW MY MELLON JOURNEY EQUIPPED ME TO TEACH/RESEARCH TO TRANSGRESS” PANEL DISCUSSION FOR THE MELLON MAYS UNDERGRADUATE FELLOWSHIP SUMMER INSTITUTE-EMORY UNIVERSITY (JUNE 16TH, 2022)
“NAVIGATING THE JOB MARKET” AT THE IDA B. WELLS CONFERENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS (APRIL 23RD, 2022)
“WHO I AM VS. WHO THEY SEE” HOSTED BY THE EMPOWERED MEN OF COLOR (EMOC) ORGANIZATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS (NOV. 13TH, 2021)
“NOT ALL MEN: A PRIVATE DISCUSSION AROUND MASCULINITY, SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY” HOSTED BY NATIVE RITES, CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIES (MAY 11TH, 2021)
“COVID-19 AND HUMAN RIGHTS: COVID-19 AND AFRICAN AMERICANS” VIRTUAL PANEL DISCUSSION, HOSTED BY THE AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CHAPTER AT RHODES COLLEGE (SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020)
“THE MASK YOU LIVE IN” [DISCUSSION BASED ON THE DOCUMENTARY] TOXIC MASCULINITY CAMPUS DISCUSSION FOR WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH-UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS (APRIL 4TH, 2019)
“I’M ADDICTED TO TRAP MUSIC” RAP, TOXIC TROPES, AND A CALL FOR HIP HOP REFLECTION -UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS SOCIAL JUSTICE PRESENTATION (FEBRUARY 4TH, 2019)
“THIS IS MASCULINITY” UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS STUDENT COLLOQUIUM CALLED “DETOX MASCULINITY” PANEL (SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2018)
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FOR THE 21ST CENTURY- PANEL ON COLSON WHITEHEAD’S NOVEL “THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD” AND THE NEW SHOW “UNDERGROUND” (SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2018)
“I’M A CLASSIC MAN” DEBUNKING MASCULINITY MISCONCEPTIONS AND IMPLEMENTING DIFFERENT FEMINISMS IN THE SEARCH FOR 'GOOD MASCULINITY'-UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS STUDENT COLLOQUIUM CALLED “DETOX MASCULINITY” PANEL (APRIL 9TH, 2018)
SOUTH ATLANTIC MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION PANEL ENTITLED “ATLANTIANS ON ‘ATLANTA’” (NOVEMBER 3RD, 2017)
