Research & Learning

EDUCATION

Arizona State University | Year 1 - Ph.D. Gender Studies | Tempe, AZ | Spring 2029
Research Areas: Freedom, Black feminist theory, sexuality, policy, surveillance

The New School for Social Research | M.A. Liberal Studies | New York, NY
Research Areas: Freedom, Black feminist theory, sexuality, policy, coloniality

CUNY Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism | Adv. Cert., Entrepreneurial Journalism | New York, NY 

Biola University | B.A. Journalism | La Mirada, CA

Research Interests

• The meaning and actualization of freedom

• Bodily Autonomy & Policy

• Black sexuality

• Decolonizing sexuality

• The intersectional relationship of race, policy, religion, culture and sex

• The use of social media and technology to subvert hegemonic sexual cultural ideas and practices

Conferences & Talks

• Contemporary Issues in Transnational and Non-Western Genders + Sexualities | 2023 | Presenter
  “Finding Freedom Through the Black American Booty”

• The Weaponization of Memory in Times of Political Rupture | May 2023 | Organizer
  The Annual Conference of the Memory Studies Group at The New School for Social Research (NSSR).

• 3rd International Conference on Gender Studies and Sexuality | March 2023 | Presenter
  The Black Church is Complicit in Perpetuating Colonial Patriarchy, Violence against Black women will continue without a collective redress
  Summary: The colonial project and its institution of patriarchy is a violent movement determined to restrict and regulate the bodies of non-white, non-heteronormal people. Through Christianity and its perpetuation of gender roles and hierarchies, it is my hypothesis that the Christian church reinscribes and justifies sexual and gender-based violence.

• GECONF World Conference on Gender Equality | 2023 | Presenter
  “Reorganizing Black Sex: Subversive Sexual Practices Among Black Americans”

Other Academic Achievements

• The New School on Social Research Community Project Grant recipient | Spring 2023
  Brittney and two colleagues – Serita Eaton and Samiaya Bradford-Lathan are building a searchable database that helps The New School students, staff, faculty and alumni find colleagues with similar research interests, specifically related to or including Black studies. It’s called The Connect. We’re hoping this platform can scale for other groups on campus.

• The New School on Social Research Student Research & Travel Fund recipient | Fall 2022

• Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. – Member