History and Womens Studies
Ph.D. History, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, l985

Major field:   African American History
Minor fields: Women's History, Immigration History, Urban History
Master of Arts, History, Cleveland State University, l973
Bachelor of Arts, History, Cleveland State University, l971
Secondary Education Certification in Social Studies
Associate of Science, Medical Assisting, Cuyahoga Community   College, l969

Achievements/Honors/Grants

2002 Ohio Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
2001   Completed Instructional Design Certificate, Kent State University
1999   Challenger Award, Metropolitan Campus, for establishing the Women's Center
1997   Received Women who Make a Difference Award, CSU Women’s Comprehensive Program
1994   Certificate of Recognition for African Heritage Program, Tri-C, from the Public Service Consortium of Greater Cleveland
l992    Summer Study Grant, National Endowment of the Humanities
l990    Distinguished Alumnae Award, Cleveland State University
l989    National Teaching Excellence Award, University of Texas
l988    National Leadership Institute, AACWJC (Detroit site)
l987    Nomination for Kellogg Fellowship and for YWCA Woman of the Year Award
l985    Besse Award for Teaching Excellence, Tri-C Human Relations Award, Cleveland Community Relations Board
l981    American Fellowship, American Association of University Women
l978    Publication Grant, Gund Foundation
l976    Teaching Fellowship, Kent State University
l972    Graduate Assistantship, Cleveland State University
l971    Senior History Prize, Cleveland State University

Featured in Who's Who in the Midwest,World Who's Who of Women, Who's Who and Where in Women's Studies, Directory of Women Historians. Graduated summa cum laude for B.A.,M.A., and Ph.D.

Books:

• To Better Our World:  Black Women in Organized Reform, l890-l920 Brooklyn:  Carlson, l990.
• African American Women:  A Biographical Dictionary New York:  Garland, l993.
• The Journey:  A History of the African American Experience Dubuque:  Kendall Hunt, 1997. (textbook, two readers, and two workbooks under same title)

Anthology Contributions:

• "Black Women and the NAACP, l909-l922:  An Encounter with Race, Class, and Gender," in Kim Vaz, ed. Black Women in America New York: SAGE, l994.
• "Women's Temperance," in The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States New York: Oxford University Press, l994.
• Eight biographical sketches contributed to Angela Zophy et. al., eds. Handbook of American Women's History New York:  Garland Publishing, l990; ten in the   revised edition, SAGE: 1999.
• "Black Women During World War I," and "The Club Movement in the North," in Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia Brooklyn: Carlson, l992.  
• Completed articles contributed to various reference works: African American Encyclopedia, Contemporary Issues,The American West, The Civil Rights Movement and Women in History  CA: Salem Publishing, 1992-1997.