Academic & Professional Experience

    • University of Virginia, PhD in Socio-cultural Anthropology, August 2024

    • University of Virginia, MA in Socio-cultural Anthropology, May 2020

    • University of Mary Washington, BA in Cultural Anthropology, May 2016

  • General Instructor

    • Career Design Bootcamp, PhD Plus

    • Foundations Series, PhD Plus

    Instructor of Record at UVA

    • Imagining Africa

    Teaching Assistantships at UVA

    • Medical Anthropology

    • Introduction to Anthropology

    • Intro to African American and African Studies I & II

    • Anthropology of God

    Grading Assistantships at UVA

    • Language & Culture in the Middle East

    Guest Lectures

    • Wealth, Poverty, and International Aid, NC State University

    • Women and Religion in Africa, UVA

    • Yoruba Religions, UVA

    • Finalist, Leading Edge Fellowship Program, American Council of Learned Societies

    • Sharon Davie Fellowship, Maxine Platzer Lynn Women’s Center, UVA

    • Best Dissertation Chapter, Dept. of Anthropology, UVA

    • Nigeria Open Research Finalist, Fulbright US Student Program

    • Sigma Xi Grants in Aid of Research

    • Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploratory Research, American Philosophical Society

    • Global South Lab Fellowship, UVA

    • Fellow, Ife Institutee of Advanced Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University

    • Religion, Race, and Democracy Lab, UVA

    • Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Summer Research Fellowship, UVA

    • Grant for Summer Feasibility Studies for Dissertation Field Research, Anthropology, UVA

    • Professional Development Fund, UVA

  • Scholarly Presentations and Exhibits

    • African, African-American, and Diaspora Studies Interdisciplinary Conference, James Madison University

    • Blackness Beyond Protestantism: A Critical Conversation Between Religion and Black Studies Conference, UVA

    • Feminine Power: The Divine to the Demonic Exhibit, The British Museum

    • Ife Institute of Advanced Studies Bi-Monthly Webinar Series

    • “Unity in Diversity” Documentary Showcase at Violet Cinema

    • University of Mary Washington Research and Creativity Day

    • Research Experiences for Undergraduate Symposium: Council on Undergraduate Research