GRANTS
Alpha Kappa Delta, International Sociological Honor Society Grant (2011 - 2013) - $1,000
Grant in collaboration with student leaders of the St. John’s chapter of AKD to use the methods of visual sociology to develop a short documentary about the current economic crisis.

American Sociological Association, Carla Howery Teaching Enhancement Grant (2011) - $2000
To study the impact of using memoir-writing as a tool for developing students’ sociological lens.

Alpha Kappa Delta, International Sociological Honor Society Grant (2011) - $500
To support a speaker at the AKD induction ceremony.

St. John’s University, Summer Research Grant (2011) - $10,000
To conduct research to complete the manuscript of my book
Savage Portrayals: Race, Media & the Central Park Jogger Story.

St. John's University, Academic Service Learning (2009) - $2,250
To incorporate an Academic Service Learning research project into my Sociology of the Black Experience Class. In this class students participated in faculty research for the development of an evaluation report about the effectiveness of a community group, Herstory, using structured memoir writing in prisons as a tool for restorative justice.

St. John's University, Center for Teaching and Learning (2009) - $1,500
To professional development grant to attend workshops to learn the Herstory technique of teaching structured memoir writing. Used this technique in the teaching of my Introduction to Sociology classes and for my own research.

Town of Southampton Cultural Arts/Recreation Funding (2004) - $4,500
For one of BMFs programs, Do-It-Myself Productions. The program is designed to work with individual students, who have independent video projects that they want to bring to fruition.

Open Society Institute Grant (2000) - $15,000
To convert the BMF summer program into a year-round institute.

Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Grant (Summer 2000) - $3,500
To fund summer newspaper production workshop to address the underrepresentation of minority journalists.

Knight-Ridder (Summer 1999) - $500
To fund summer newspaper production workshop to address the underrepresentation of minority journalists.

Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Grant (Summer 1999) - $4,000
To fund summer newspaper production workshop to address the underrepresentation of minority journalists.

Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Grant (Summer 1998) - $3,500
To fund summer newspaper production workshop to address the underrepresentation of minority journalists.

New York Times Foundation Grant (Summer 1997) - $5,000
To fund summer newspaper production workshop to address the underrepresentation of minority journalists.

Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Grant (Summer 1997) - $3,500
To fund summer newspaper production workshop to address the underrepresentation of minority journalists.

World Journal Foundation Grant (1996-1997 Academic Year) - $4,000
To fund summer newspaper production workshop to address the underrepresentation of minority journalists.

Alicia Patterson Scholarship (1996-1997 Academic Year) - $5,000
To fund summer newspaper production workshop to address the underrepresentation of minority journalists.

Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Grant (Summer 1996) - $3,500
To fund summer newspaper production workshop to address the underrepresentation of minority journalists.

New York Times Foundation Grant (Summer 1996) - $7,500
To fund summer newspaper production workshop to address the underrepresentation of minority journalists.

Newsday Grant (Spring 1996) - $5,000
To support among other things a newspaper produced by the Queens College journalism program.