Professional History

EMPLOYMENT

  • 2025–PresentResearch Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Wake Forest University

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  • 2024–PresentLab Associate, ISHER (Intersectional Sociological Health Equity Research Lab), Department of Sociology, UT Austin · Dir. Dr. Christy Erving
  • 2023–PresentGraduate Research Assistant, Population Research Center, UT Austin · Dr. Christy Erving
  • 2023–2025Inaugural Lab Associate, SPHERE, School of Social Work, Portland State University · Dr. Lalaine Sevillano
  • 2022–2025Lab Associate, SPARK, School of Social Work, Portland State University · Dr. Lalaine Sevillano
  • 2022–2025Co-Investigator, Departments of Sociology, UT Austin, UNC Chapel Hill & UCLA · Dr. Shannon Malone-Gonzalez, Dr. Faith Deckard
  • 2022–2023Social Justice Research Analyst, Eugene & Associates, PC · Darrick Eugene, Esq.
  • 2022Research Team Member, Steve Hicks School of Social Work, UT Austin · Dr. Lalaine Sevillano
  • 2022Research Assistant, LBJ School of Public Affairs, UT Austin · Dr. Gordon Abner
  • 2021Research Team Member, Steve Hicks School of Social Work, UT Austin · Dr. Lalaine Sevillano
  • 2020Research Consultant, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Wake Forest University · Dr. José Villalba & Dr. Malika Roman Isler
  • 2019–2020Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, Wake Forest University · Dr. Hana Brown
  • 2019Independent Researcher, NSF REU, Texas A&M University · Dr. Reuben May
  • 2017–2018Research Assistant, School of Business, Wake Forest University · Dr. Michelle Steward
  • 2017–2018Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, Wake Forest University · Dr. Edward Opoku-Dapaah

INVITED TALKS

  • 2023"Bus Down Thotiana: School Buses, Sociality, and Flouting Bodily Surveillance" · guest lecture, Family & Society, UNC Chapel Hill
  • 2023"On Discourse and Content Analysis" · guest lecture, Social Research Methods, UT Austin
  • 2023Sevillano, Holt & Harper, "Centering Care in our Classrooms to Improve Equity, Belonging, and Academic Success" · Course Hero webinar
  • 2022"From Primary Through Post-Secondary: Making It Through the Educational Gauntlet" · NC-MSEN Saturday Academy, Winston-Salem State University
  • 2021"On Intersectionality" · guest lecture, Sociology 302, UT Austin

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

  • 2025Farrell & Holt, "When Crisis Is Common: Responsive Praxis in Educational Development" · 50th POD Network in Higher Education Conference, San Diego, CA
  • 2024"Man, World, and Child: On Juvenile Aesthetic Explorations and Sociogenic Mutations" · American Studies Association National Conference, Baltimore, MD
  • 2024"Man, World, and Child…" · Du Bois Afro-American Studies Conference, UMass Amherst
  • 2022Sevillano, Holt, Raybarman & Harper, "When They See Me: Pedagogy & Sense of Belonging" · SXSW EDU, Austin, TX
  • 2019"The Color of Choice: An Analysis of College-Bound Black Students' College Choice" · ASA Annual Meeting, New York, NY
  • 2019"Race, Class, and Leisure: A Small-Town Analysis of Boundaries in Nightclubs" · Southern Demography Association, New Orleans, LA
  • 2017"Diversity and Inclusion Pre-Orientation Talk" · Wake Forest First-Year Pre-Orientation, Winston-Salem, NC
  • 2017"Educating Empathy: A Move Towards Better Activism" · Wake Speaks Public Speaking Conference, Wake Forest University

SERVICE

Campus

  • 2024Co-Facilitator & Content Developer, Inclusive Course Design Institute, Center for Teaching & Learning, UT Austin
  • 2024Panel Facilitator, Celebrating Neurodiversity Student Panel, Inclusive Teaching & Learning Symposium, UT Austin
  • 2024Emcee, 8th Annual Graduate Teaching Showcase, Center for Teaching & Learning, UT Austin
  • 2023Crisis Pedagogy Toolkit Co-Developer, Faculty Innovation Center, UT Austin
  • 2019–2020Founding Member, Wake Forest University Anti-Racism Coalition (ARC)
  • 2019Moderator, Branches Social Justice Retreat, Wake Forest University
  • 2018Interviewer, Vice President Search Committee, Office of Diversity & Inclusion, Wake Forest University
  • 2017–2019Founder, Men of Color Discussion Group, Office of Diversity & Inclusion, Wake Forest University
  • 2017–2018Founding Member & Facilitator, Consciousness in Action Sustained Dialogue Group, Wake Forest University
  • 2016–2018Panelist & Host, Mosaics Diversity Recruitment, Wake Forest University

College

  • 2019–2020President's Aide, Office of the President, Wake Forest University
  • 2019–2020Evaluations & Accountability Committee Member, Presidential Commission on Race, Equity, and Community, Wake Forest University
  • 2017–2019Intercultural Center Ambassador, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Wake Forest University
  • 2017–2018Interviewer, Faculty Search Committee, Intercultural Center, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Wake Forest University

Departmental

  • 2022Co-Facilitator, Canvas Workshop, Department of Sociology, UT Austin
  • 2019Student Interviewer, Faculty Search Committee, Department of French Studies, Wake Forest University
  • 2019Student Interviewer, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Sociology, Wake Forest University

Disciplinary

  • 2025Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology
  • 2023–2024Managing Editor, Gender & Society

Community

  • 2025Research Mentor, Illinois Science & Technology Coalition, Chicago, IL
  • Specialties: Sociology, Social Justice, Gender/Sexuality Studies
  • Projects mentored: bilingual students' experiences in education; colonialism's impact on Afro-Feminism
  • 2025Pre-College Program Commencement Speaker, NC-MSEN, Winston-Salem State University
  • 2023Founder, Black Feminist Sociology Reading Group, Austin, TX
  • 2022Co-Facilitator, Summer Abolition Workshop, Triad Abolition Project, Winston-Salem, NC
  • 2017–2020Independent Research Contractor, Triad Abolition Project, Winston-Salem, NC
  • 2018Co-organizer, Black Girl Empowerment Conference, Winston-Salem, NC
  • 2016–2018Academic Camp Counselor, NC-MSEN, Winston-Salem State University