Selected Published Writings

  • “60 years of progress, and our unfinished journey towards justice,” Seattle Times, August 24, 2023. [Click here to read]

  • "We Are Each Other's Harvest: Prospering Through Partnerships" in Change is Required: Preparing for the Post-Pandemic Museum edited by Marsha Semmell and Avi Decter, Rowman & Littlefield Press, 2022.

  • “A national collaboration unites Black museums in celebration of Juneteenth,” American Alliance of Museums Blog, June 14, 2021. [Click here to read]

  • “The teachings of Malcolm X can guide our path to greater equity,” South Seattle Emerald, May 18, 2021. [Click here to read]

  • “WA’s recognition of Juneteenth is a step toward a more inclusive history,” Crosscut, April 27, 2021. [Click here to read]

  • “Begin with the End in Mind: Inclusion As a Core Museum Practice” in The Inclusive Museum Leader, edited by Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko and Christopher Taylor, Rowan & Littlefield Press, 2021.

  • “Black history: stick with love in February and beyond,” Seattle Times, February 12, 2021. [Click here to read]

  • Book Review of A Fool’s Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump by Lonnie Bunch, History News, American Association for State and Local History, Volume 75, No. 1 (Winter 2020): 38. [Click here to read]

  • “The living lesson of Juneteenth,” Crosscut, 6/2019. [Click here to read]

  • “Shaping the future of the museum field through mentoring,” History News, American Association for State and Local History, Volume 72, No. 4 (Autumn 2017): 5-6.  [Click here to read]

  • Book Review of The Struggle for Equal Adulthood: Gender, Race, Age, and the Fight for Citizenship in Antebellum America by C. T. Fields in Women and Social Movements Online, 2016.

  • “Merze Tate and the Pioneering of Black Women Students at PWIs in the Midwest” Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Atlanta, GA, 9/2015.

  • “Creating a Space for Truth: Teaching Sojourner Truth in Classrooms”, The Chronicle Magazine, Historical Society of Michigan. Volume 31, No. 1 (Spring 2008): 15-18. 

  • “Frankie Muse Freeman”, “Margaret G.T. Burroughs”, “Lena Beatrice Morton”, “Robert H. Terrell”, “Virginia M. Alexander” in African American National Biography.  Edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham.  New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.