PhD Afro-American Studies, UMass-Amherst, 2017
Cert. African Diaspora Studies, UMass-Amherst, 2017
Cert. Latin American, Caribbean, & Latino Studies, UMass-Amherst, 2017
MA Afro-American Studies, UMass-Amherst, 2014
MFA Creative Writing (Prose), Emerson College-Boston, 2001
MA English, Texas A&M University-College Station, 1996
BS Computer Science, Southern University-Baton Rouge, 1992