A sabbatical with a purpose
I resigned from my position as Historian at the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in January 2025. I have been in leadership roles, managing departments, and doing public history work since completing graduate school, and I am ready to take advantage of opportunities that I was not able to pursue while working full-time. During my sabbatical, I've gotten to stretch my skills as a writer and researcher, gain clarity about my career goals, contribute to my local community, and dive deep into creative projects.
I am a champion multitasker and a jack of all trades. Shoot me an email and let's talk about what's possible.
I am a champion multitasker and a jack of all trades. Shoot me an email and let's talk about what's possible.
Here's what I've been up to
My current roles:
In February, I attended Working Together Mississippi's Leadership and Organizing Training in Louisville, Mississippi, with community leaders from across the state.
In addition, I recently wrote and published my newest tabletop role-playing games: Accoutrements, a card game about arcane tools and Faustian bargains, and Thank You for the Music, a game about creating the next great ABBA jukebox musical. I designed and built the set for New Stage Theatre Unframed's production of Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury. I performed in Fondren Theatre Workshop's world premiere production of The Invention of Language by Steven G. Smith—I played Bar/Golden Rose/Gomez and served as the production's music director.
I am also spending as much time as I can traveling to new places, walking around my beautiful neighborhood, sewing myriad things out of found fabric, keeping my over-1200-day crossword streak going, and trying to bring my sourdough starter back to life.
- Historical consultant for the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute
- Vice Chair of the Hinds County Democratic Executive Committee
- Reader for Libre, a southern literary magazine focused on mental health and the mind
- Member of the Marketplace Committee for the National Folk Festival, which comes to Jackson, Mississippi, in November 2025
- Reader for Mississippi Public Broadcasting's Radio Reading Service, which brings news and books to blind and print-impaired readers (catch me reading the Clarion Ledger on Fridays!)
- Volunteer for Big House Books, protecting the right to read for incarcerated Mississippians
In February, I attended Working Together Mississippi's Leadership and Organizing Training in Louisville, Mississippi, with community leaders from across the state.
In addition, I recently wrote and published my newest tabletop role-playing games: Accoutrements, a card game about arcane tools and Faustian bargains, and Thank You for the Music, a game about creating the next great ABBA jukebox musical. I designed and built the set for New Stage Theatre Unframed's production of Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury. I performed in Fondren Theatre Workshop's world premiere production of The Invention of Language by Steven G. Smith—I played Bar/Golden Rose/Gomez and served as the production's music director.
I am also spending as much time as I can traveling to new places, walking around my beautiful neighborhood, sewing myriad things out of found fabric, keeping my over-1200-day crossword streak going, and trying to bring my sourdough starter back to life.
