Professional Credentials, Affiliations and Memberships

 

Education

  • LL.M. Legal Education, Temple University School of Law Philadelphia, PA

  • J.D. Howard University School of Law Washington, DC

  • M.S.W. Clinical, Adelphi University Garden City, NY

  • B.A. Sociology, State University of New York Plattsburgh, NY

Additional Training

  • IBM AI Foundations for Educators Course

  • Higher Education Management Institute, Wellesley College

  • Visiting Scholar, Harvard University School of Divinity

  • Women’s Campaign School, Yale University

  • National Coalition Building Institute Trainer Seminar, Washington, DC

  • International Institute of Human Rights Strasbourg, France

  • EU Wine Law, Diploma University of Champagne-Ardenne, Reims,

  • Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Certified Facilitator

  • Distance Learning: D2L, Canvas and Blackboard Platforms

  • Trainer: Title IX, Cultural Competency, Safe Space and Clery

  • Language Study: Alliance Francaise, AIE Montpellier, University of Montpellier, France; Immersion Program.

Bar Association Memberships

  • Supreme Court of the United States of America

  • Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

  • District of Columbia

  • United States District Court, District of Columbia

  • United States Dist. Court, Eastern District

  • United States Court of Appeals, 3d

  • United States Court of Appeals, Armed Forces

Professional Affiliations and Board Memberships

  • Women in AI + Ed

  • Society of American Law Teachers Board

  • Charlotte Gay and Lesbian Fund (presently ‘The Fund’)

  • University of Vermont, Distance Learning

  • Women's Resource Center, Rhode Island

  • Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities, Gubernatorial Appointee

  • American Association of Law Schools

  • Mindfulness Group; University of California, Berkeley Law School

  • National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education

Selected Awards and Honors

  • Fulbright Alternate; Distinguished Professor of Law - Lund University School of Law, Sweden

  • Teacher Excellence Award - Florida A&M University. School of Law

  • Appreciation Awards: Bridge to Success Program, Multicultural Students Association - Roger Williams University School of Law

  • Scholarship Honoree - University of Massachusetts, Boston

  • Excellence in Teaching Award - District of Columbia School of Law

Selected Speaking Engagements and Conferences

  • Future Ed - Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts

  • Mindfulness and the Law - Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley Law School

  • Berkman Center for Internet and Society - Harvard Law School

  • Feminism and Legal Theory Project, Panelist - Emory School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia,

  • Housing Discrimination and the Law - Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities

  • Commemorating Martin Luther King - New Strategies for Student-Labor Relations - Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island,

  • Brindamour v. Brindamour; Deadbeat Dads and Wrongful Death Inheritance - American University School of Law, Washington, DC

  • Women and the Law Project; Race, Class and Poverty, Medical Technologies and Sociopolitical Choices - American University School of Law, Washington, DC