Education and Training:

• Fellowship, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Virginia Commonwealth University (2009)
• PhD, Communication Sciences, University at Buffalo (2006)
• MA, Communication Sciences, University at Buffalo (2004)
• BA, Communication Sciences/English minor, University at Buffalo (2002)

Employment:

• Director of the Community Health Equity Research Institute, Clinical and Translational Research Center, University at Buffalo (2025-present)
• Professor, Family Medicine, University at Buffalo (2025-present)
• Professor (Tenured), Social and Behavioral Sciences, Temple University (2023–2025)
• Associate Professor (Tenured), Social and Behavioral Sciences, Temple University (2018–2023)
• Founding Director of the Office of Community Engaged Research and Practice, College of Public Health, Temple University (2018–2023)
• Associate Professor (Tenure Track), Social and Behavioral Sciences, Temple University (2015–2018)
• Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Social and Behavioral Health, Virginia Commonwealth University (2011–2014)

Awards and Honors:

• Outstanding Faculty Service Award (2025)
• Inductee (2024)
• Faculty Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Award (2023)
• Materials Contest Training Category Winner (2019)
• Faculty Mentor Award (2019)
• Poster of Distinction (2014)
• Excellence in Student Teaching (2005)
• Top 3 Paper Award (2005)
• Presidential Scholarship (1992)