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CURRICULUM VITAE
TITILAYO AINEGBESUA OKOROR
Health & Kinesiology Department and African American Studies Research Center
College of Health & Human Sciences
Purdue University
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Personal Information
Office Address:
Lambert Field-house111-B
800 West Stadium Drive
Phone: 765-496-9490
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
Fax: 765-496-1239
Phone (765) 496-9490
email: tokoror@purdue.edu
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Education
2006
2002
PhD, Department of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State
University
B.A., English, Pennsylvania State University
Certification
2005
HIV/AIDS Counselor, Pennsylvania State Department of Health
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Professional Work Employment
2006 - Present
Assistant Professor
Department of Health and Kinesiology, & African Americans
Studies Research Center
Purdue University
2003 - 2010
Research Assistant and Lead Data Analyst
Capacity-building research on HIV/AIDS Stigma in South Africa
5-year grant funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Department of Biobehavioral Health
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, State College PA
2004 -2006
Research Assistant,
Department of Biobehavioral Health
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, State College PA
2002 - 2004
Graduate Assistant
Department of Biobehavioral Health
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Pennsylvania State University, University Park, State College PA
2001 -2002
Assistant Coordinator
HIV/AIDS Peer Educators/Counselors
Office of Health Promotion and Education
University Health Services
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, State College PA
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Publications
*Indicates Student collaborators
Refereed Journal Articles
Fialkowski*, M.K., Okoror, T.A. & Boushey, C.J. (in press). The relevancy of
community-based methods: Using diet within Native American and Alaska
Native adult populations as an example. Clinical and Translational Science
BeLue R., Okoror T.A., Iwelunmor, J., Taylor, K.D., Degboe, A.N., Agyemang, C. &
Ogedegbe, G. (2009). An Overview of Cardiovascular Risk Factor Burden in subSaharan African Countries: a Socio-Cultural Perspective. Globalization and
Health, 5:10
Airhihenbuwa, C.O., Okoror, T.A., Shefer, T., Brown, D.C., Iwelunmor, J., Smith, E.,
Adam, M., Simbayi, L., Zungu, N., Dlakulu, R. & Shisana, O. (2009) Stigma,
Culture, and HIV and AIDS in the Western Cape, South Africa: An Application
of the PEN-3 Cultural Model for Community Based Research. Journal of Black
Psychology, 35(4): 407-432 (awarded 2010 best article by Association of Black
Psychologists)
Okoror, T.A., Burton, E.T.*, Saur, S.* & Coleman, J.* (2008) Heterosexual Anal Sex
among Minority Students – Results from a Community Needs Assessment.
American Journal of Health Studies, 23(3): 136-142
Okoror, T.A., Airhihenbuwa, C.O., Shisana, O., Zungu-Dirwayi, N., Smith, E., Brown,
D. & Louw, J. (2008). “My mother told me I must not cook anymore” - Food,
Culture, and the Contexts of HIV and AIDS related Stigma in Three Communities
in South Africa. International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 28(3):
201-213
Iwelunmor, J., Airhihenbuwa, C.O., Okoror, T.A., Brown, D.C. & BeLue, R. (2007).
Family Systems and HIV/AIDS in South Africa. International Quarterly for
Community Health Education 27(4): 321-335
Avery, G., Okoror, T.A. & Siyangoya, B.* (2008). Disparities in the Quality of Hospital
Care: Assessment of Processes of Care. Accepted in Journal of Managed Care
Interface
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Airhihenbuwa, C.O., Webster, J.D., Oladosu Okoror, T.A., Shine, R. & SmithBankhead, N. (2003). HIV/AIDS and the African American community:
Disparities of policy and identity. Phylon, 50 (1-2): 23-46
Book Chapters
Airhihenbuwa, C.O. & Okoror, T.A. (2007). Toward Evidence-Based and Culturally
Appropriate Models for Reducing Global Health Disparities: An Africanist
Perspective, In Wallace, B.C., From Health Inequity to Equity in Health: A new
Global Approach to Health Disparities (Springer Publications).
Airhihenbuwa, C.O., Webster, J.D., & Oladosu, T. (2003). Transforming structural
barriers to improve the health of African Americans. In I.L. Livingston (ed.),
Handbook of Black American Health. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
Manuscripts Under Review
Okoror, T.A., Falade, C.F., Olorunlana, A.: Can HIV Stigma increase ART Adherence?
- Results from a qualitative study in Southwestern Nigeria. Manuscript submitted
to AIDS Care
Okoror ,T.A., BeLue, R., Zungu, N., Adam, M.A. & Airhihenbuwa, C.O.: Exploring the
Cultural Context of HIV Positive Women Perceptions of Sigma in Healthcare
Setting in Western Cape, South Africa. Manuscript submitted to Health Care for
Women International
Manuscripts in Preparation
Okoror, T.A., Falade, C.F., Olorunlana, A., & Walker, E.M. (in prep). Context
surrounding HIV diagnosis and construction of masculinity: Stigma experiences
of heterosexual HIV positive men in southwest Nigeria
Gilbert, T & Okoror, T.A. (in prep). Exploring cross-national differences in sexual risk
and alcohol use in four sub-Saharan African countries.
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Paper Presentations
All presentations had referred abstracts
Okoror, T.A., Falade, C.F., Olorunlana, A. & Walker, M.E. (2011). Can HIV Stigma
increase ART Adherence? - Results from a qualitative study in Southwestern
Nigeria. Presented at the 2011 American Public Health Association Annual
Conference, October 30-November 2
Okoror, T.A., Belue, R., Zungu-Dirwayi, N., Mohamed, A. & Airhihenbuwa, C.O.
(2010). Health Service Delivery Protocols and the Stigmatization of People
Living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Presented at the First US Conference on
African Immigrant Health, Atlanta Georgia, April 7-10
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E. Thomaseo Burton*, Okoror, T.A., Saur, S.* & Coleman, J.* (2008). Disparity in
Sexual Identity and Actual Sexual Behaviors among College Students - Results
from a Community Needs Assessment. Presented at the Society for Public Health
Education Midyear Scientific Conference, Chicago, Illinois, on May 25
Saur, S.,* Okoror, T.A., Butler, S., Burton, E.T.*, Truesdell, J. & Murray, E.* (2008).
“What is Good Sex? – Socio-Cultural Constructions of Sexual Satisfaction among
College Students. Presented at the Society for Scientific Study of Sexuality
Western Conference, San Diego, California, on April 11-13
Okoror, T.A. & Airhihenbuwa, C.O. (2007). Socio-cultural contexts of HIV counseling
and testing among African American college students. Presented at the 2007
CDC/DHPE National Conference & SOPHE Midyear Scientific Conference,
Seattle, Washington, June 9
Okoror, T.A., Airhihenbuwa, C.O., Shisana, O., Zungu-Dirwayi, N., Smith, E., Brown,
D. & Louw, J. (2007). Food and HIV Stigma – Exploring the Socio-cultural
contexts in South Africa. Presented at the Department of Health & Kinesiology
Colloquium Series, Spring 2007, April 25
Okoror, T.A., Airhihenbuwa, C.O., Shisana, O., Zungu-Dirwayi, N., Smith, E., Brown,
D. & Louw, J. (2007). Food and HIV Stigma – Exploring the Socio-cultural
contexts in South Africa. Presented at the 2006 Annual Conference of the
American Public Health Association, Boston
Okoror, T.A. (2006). Cultural Identity and HIV/AIDS among African Women.
Presented at the 39th Annual Conference of African Heritage Studies Association,
“Understanding Health and Well-Being in Africa and its Diasporas,” Tampa
Florida, October 19-21
Brown, D.C., Zungu-Dirwayi, N., Okoror, T.A., Airhihenbuwa, C.O., Shisana, O.,
Simbayi, L., Smith, E. & Louw, J. (2006). The Impact of Race and Stigma on
People Living with HIV and AIDS in South Africa. Presented at the 39th Annual
Conference of African Heritage Studies Association, “Understanding Health and
Well-Being in Africa and its Diasporas,” Tampa Florida, October 19-21
Okoror, T.A. (2006). The “Feminization of HIV/AIDS” Among Sub-Saharan African
Women: Exploring Health Factors through Cultural Models.” Presented at the
First Annual Health Disparities Conference at Teachers College, Columbia
University, March 10-11
Poster Presentations
Okoror, T.A., BeLue, R., Idris, O. & Adelakun, A. (2010). “They say eating
carbohydrates or sugar” – Perceptions and daily experiences of people living with
diabetes and hypertension in Lagos, Nigeria. Presented at the 2010 American
Public Health Association Annual Conference, Denver Colorado, November 6-10
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BeLue, R., Okoror, T.A., Ndao, F., Diaw, M. (2010). Experiences with Cardiovascular
Risk Management in Dakar, Senegal West Africa. Presented at the 2010
American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Denver Colorado,
November 6-10
Siangonya, B.*, Okoror, T.A., Belue, R. & Hunte, H. (2010). “A Silent Killer”: How
Zambian Immigrants in a Midwestern State Explain Hypertension. Presented at
the 2010 American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Denver
Colorado, November 6-10
BeLue, R., Okoror, T.A., Ndao, F. & Diaw, M. (2010). Experiences with Cardiovascular
Risk Management in Dakar, Senegal West Africa. Presented at the 2010
American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Denver Colorado,
November 6-10
Okoror, T.A., Saur, S.*, Butler, S., E. Thomaseo Burton* & Murray, E.* (2009) “What
is Good Sex? – Socio-Cultural Constructions of Sexual Satisfaction among
College Students. Presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the International
Academy of Sex Research, San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 19 – 23
Okoror, T.A., Belue, R., Zungu-Dirwayi, N., Mohamed, A. & Airhihenbuwa, C.O.
(2008). Health Service Delivery Protocols and the Stigmatization of People
Living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Presented at the 2008 American Public
Health Association Annual Conference, San Diego, California, October 25-28
Okoror, T.A., E. Thomaseo Burton*, Saur, S.* & Coleman, J.* (2008). Heterosexual
Anal Sex among College Students – Results from a Needs Assessment. Presented
at the 2008 Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association, San
Diego, California, October 25-29
Iwelunmor, J., Okoror, T.A., Zungu-Dirwayi, N. & Airhihenbuwa, C.O. (2008). “The
first thing that comes to mind is death” – PLWHAs’ Perceptions about HIV/AIDS
in Three South African Communities. Presented at the 2008 American Public
Health Association Annual Conference, San Diego, California, October 25-28
Avery, G.H., Okoror, T.A. & Siangonya, B.* (2007). “Disparities in the Quality of
Hospital Care: Assessment of the Relationships Between Market Characteristics,
Hospital Characteristics, and Appropriate Processes of Care.” Presented at the
24th AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Orlando, FL, June 3-5
Airhihenbuwa, C.O., Shisana, O., Zungu-Dirwayi, N., Simbayi, L., Shefer, T., Adams,
M., Okoror, T.A., Smith, E., Brown, D. & Louw, J. (2006). Experiences of
Family members and Health Care Workers and the Contexts of Stigmatization of
PLWHA in South Africa. Presented at the XVI International AIDS Conference,
August 13-18
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Okoror, T.A., Airhihenbuwa, C.O. & Kennedy, S. (2005). Effect of Enhanced HIV
Counseling on Students testing Negative for HIV/AIDS. Presented at the 2005
Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia
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On-going Research
Application and Dissemination of a Culture-Centered Approach to Tailoring
Comparative Effectiveness Research Summary Guides (CERDG) - to optimize the reach,
effectiveness and access of the CERSGs on heart disease among African Americans in
Indiana ($1.5 million, funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) (Role – Co-Inv)
Socio-cultural Context of HIV Stigma in southwest Nigeria: exploring the cultural context
of how people living with HIV/AIDS experience stigma in southwest Nigeria (Role – PI)
Daily Management of Hypertension and Diabetes in Nigeria & Senegal: qualitative
assessment of patient management of hypertension and diabetes in Nigeria and Senegal
(Co-PI)
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Grants & Contracts
2010-2013
Co-Investigator, Application and Dissemination of a Culture-Centered
Approach to Tailoring Comparative Effectiveness Research Summary
Guides. Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ).
($1.5million) PI is Mohan Dutta
2011 -2012
Co-Investigator, Post-Harvest Loss and Mycotoxin Reduction in the
Commodity Value Chain in Maize Production in Ghana. Purdue Global
Policy Research Institute. ($30,000) PI is Klein Ilelji.
2009
Principal Investigator, Planning & Evaluating a University Community
Health Fair. College of Liberal Arts, Community Building Initiative/
Interdisciplinary Studies and Engagement Fund. ($2,500)
2008
Principal Investigator, Perceptions of students on a service learning- study
abroad program to South Africa and Swaziland. College of Liberal Arts
Interdisciplinary Studies and Engagement Fund. ($2,000)
2007
Principal Investigator, Community Health Needs Assessment of Purdue
Students. College of Liberal Arts Teaching Development Incentive Grant,
Purdue University. ($344.96)
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2005
Principal Investigator, Effect of HIV Risk Reduction Telephone
Counseling on Students Testing Negative for HIV. The Pennsylvania State
University Africana Research Center. ($1,000)
Under Review Co-Principal Investigator, Application of Cultured Centered Approach to
Improve Strategies for Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) in Southwestern
Nigeria. United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
($500,000)
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Student Advisement
2011
Marie Fialkowski, Doctoral Dissertation Advisor and Chair, Purdue University
“Dietary Patterns of Pacific Northwest Tribal Nations.”
2011 Bota-Miller Ainsley, Master’s Thesis Advisor and Chair, Purdue University
“Rape Myth Acceptance Among Student Participants in a Sexual Assault
Awareness Campaign on a College Campus.”
2011 Mun Yee Tham, Master’s Thesis Advisor and Chair, Purdue University
“Examining the perceptions and factors influencing eating habits in Singapore.”
2010 Stephanie Saur, Doctoral Dissertation Advisor and Chair, Purdue University
“German Students' Sexual Behaviors & Perceptions about Sexuality Education in
Baden-Wuerttemberg & Policy Implications for High School Teachers and
Bildungsplanbeauftragte (Curriculum Development Board)
2010 Bella Siangonya, Master’s Thesis Advisor and Chair, Purdue University
“Explanatory Models for Hypertension among Zambian Immigrants in a
Midwestern State.”
2010 Syidah Abdullah, Master’s Thesis Advisor and Co-Chair, Purdue University
“Grandparents caring for grandchildren: what we know and what we need to
know.”
2009 E. Thomaseo Burton, Master’s Thesis Advisor and Chair, Purdue University
“Process Evaluation of a Mental Health Fair.”
Member on Students’ Doctoral Dissertations & Master’s Committees
Doctoral Dissertations
2011 Raven Pfister, “Post-colonial discourse analysis of the Kabul Beauty School and
The Beauty Academy of Kabul.” (Purdue University)
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2011 Lalatendu Acharya, “Co-creating spaces for positive transformative change:
Health and HIV/AIDS outcomes for the indigenous people of Koraput.” (Purdue
University)
2011 Jennifer Gill Rosier, “Finding the Love Guru in you: Examining the effectiveness
of a sexual coaching skill training program.” (Purdue University)
2009 Qian Wang, “Doctor-Patient Communication & Patient Satisfaction: a crosscultural comparative study between China & US.” (Purdue University)
Masters in Public Health (MPH)
2009 Annie Elbe, “Global Health Perspectives: a two-week public health service
learning program in Swaziland and its effect on cultural awareness.” (Purdue
University)
2009 Anne Fogler, “Swaziland perceptions of US health promotion students
participating in a service learning project.” (Purdue University)
Masters of Science (MS)
2008 Laura Soledad Gigena, “The influence of language disparities between American
Physician and female Hispanic patients on patient satisfaction and their perceived
health status.” (Purdue University)
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Teaching Experience
Purdue University, West Lafayette (‘H’- indicates Honors Option)
HK 621
Public Health Seminar: Spring 2012
HK 567
Diversity & Health: Spring 2007, 2008, 2009
HK 581
International Health: Fall 2008, Fall 2009
HK 490
Global Perspectives: Fall 2008
AAS 371(H) Issues in African American Health: Fall 2006, Spring 2008, 2009, 2012
AAS 371T(H) Issues in Contemporary Africa: Fall 2008, 2010
AAS 373(H) Black Women Rising: Fall 2011
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HK 365
Introduction to Principles of Community Health: Fall 2007, Fall 2010
HK 225
Human Sexuality: Summer 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
IDIS 271(H) Introduction to African American Studies: Spring 2007
Pennsylvania State University
BBH 101
Introduction to Biobehavioral Health: Summer 2003
Teaching Assistants
BBH 310W
Research Methods for Studying Biobehavioral Health: Spring 2002, Fall
2002, Spring 2003, Fall 2004
BBH 316
Foundations and Principles of Health Promotion: Spring 2004, Spring
2005
BBH 440
Global Health: Fall 2005
Invited Lectures (Purdue University)
HK 621
Public Health Seminar: Conducting Community Based Participartory
Research (CBPR), Thursday, March 27th, 2008, Purdue University
HK 440
Human Disease: Sexually Transmitted Infections, Tuesday, April 6th 2010
HK 590
Graduate Student Orientation Seminar: HIV Stigma Research, September
2006
Introduction to Health and Kinesiology: Undergraduate program in Health
Promotion, February 2007
HK 135
Invited Lectures (Penn State University)
BBH 446
Human Sexuality as a Health Concern: Me, My Health and HIV,
November 3, 2005.
BBH 302
Assessing HIV/AIDS Impact on African Families & Children through
Cultural models, September 21, 2005
HDFS 429
Advanced Child Development: Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in
Africa, September 28, 2004
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University/Departmental Service Activities
2011
College of Health & Human Sciences Engagement Strategic Plan
Development committee
2009 – Present
MPH Curriculum Committee
2006 – Present
MPH Planning and Implementation Committee
2006 – Present
Health & Kinesiology Graduate Committee
2006 – Present
African American Studies Curriculum Committee
2009 – 2010
Planning Member, Purdue University Healthy Planet Initiative
2008
Reviewer, Purdue University Graduate School Bilsland Strategic
Initiatives Fellowship
2010
Search Committee member for joint faculty position African
American Studies and Anthropology
2010
Health & Kinesiology Corrigan & Hanson Award Committee
member
2007
Search committee member for joint faculty position in Sociology
and African American Studies Research Center
2007
Search Committee member for joint faculty position in
Anthropology and African American Studies Research Center
2007
Search Committee member for Health Education Instructor and
Faculty position
2007
Purdue Research Foundation Graduate Student Award Committee
member
2007
Graduate Student Teaching Award Committee Chair
2007
Search Committee member, Health & Kinesiology
2007
Health & Kinesiology Diversity Forum Committee member
2007
Departmental Head Review Committee member
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Services to Professional & Community Organizations
Reviewing Activities
Journals
2010
Journal of the National Medical Association
2010 - Present
AIDS Care
2009 - Present
Journal of Black Studies
2009 - Present
Contemporary Clinical Trials
2009
Culture, Health & Sexuality
2009
Ghanaian Medical Journal
2008 - Present
Journal of Health Communication
2008 – Present
Journal of Black Psychology
2007 – Present
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
Conferences
2011
Reviewed conference abstracts for Caucus on Refugee & Immigrant
Health, American Public Health Association Annual Conference on
Healthy Communities Promote Healthy Minds & Bodies, October 29November 2, 2011
2009
Reviewed conference abstracts for the Society for Public Health and
Prevention Research Centers (SOPHE/PRC) joint mid-year scientific
conference on Advocate, Communicate and Translate for Enhancing
Research April 6-10,
2007
Abstracts Reviewer: Society for Public Health Education Midyear
Scientific Conference
Grants
2009
Reviewed research grant application for Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, in response to CDC Public Health Dissertation Research (R36)
PAR07- 231: CDC Grants for Public Health Dissertation Research
(November 2009)
2008
Reviewed research grant application for Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, in response to CDC Public Health Dissertation Research (R36)
PAR07- 231: CDC Grants for Public Health Dissertation Research
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2007
Reviewed research grant application for Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, in response to CDC Public Health Dissertation Research (R36)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-231.html
2007
Reviewed research grant application for Centers of Excellence in the
Elimination of Disparities (CEEDs), under the auspices of Racial and
Ethnic Approaches to Community Health across the US (REACH US),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Funding Opportunity
Announcement (FOA), CDC-RFA- D07-707
2007
Reviewed research grant application for Action Community (ACs), under
the auspices of Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health
across the US (REACH US), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), RFA DP-07-707
Board Memberships, Chairs & Moderators
2010 - Present
Program Chair, Caucus on Refugee & Immigrant Health, American
Public Health Association
2011
Planning Committee Member, National Society for Public Health
Education Mid-year Scientific Meeting, 2012
2011
Moderator, Initiatives and strategies for engaging immigrant
communities, public health practitioners, researchers, and policy
makers in public dialogue and political actions that promote healthy
immigrant/refugees’ communities at 2011 American Public Health
Annual Conference, Washington DC, October 30-November 2, 2011
2011
Moderator, HIV/AIDS & Mental Health, at 2011 American Public
Health Annual Conference, Washington DC, October 30-November 2,
2011
2010
Moderator, Women and HIV at 2010 American Public Health
Association Annual Conference, Denver Colorado, November 6-10
2009 – Present
Member, Indiana HIV Prevention Community Planning Group Needs
Assessment Advisory Group (Indiana HIV Prevention Community
Planning Group - CPG)
2009 - Present
Editorial Board member, Journal of Scholar & Feminist Online
2009
Chair, Panel on International HIV Research and Practice at 2009
American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia,
November 7-11, 2009
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2008 – 2010
Board member, Indiana Society for Public Health Education
2008 – 2010
National Delegate, Society for Public Health Education
2008 - Present
Liaison Officer, Global Health APHA Connections Committee,
American Public Health Association
2002 - Present
Chair, HIV/AIDS International Committee, HIV/AIDS Section of
American Public Health Association
2008- 2010
Member, Greater Lafayette Community Health Collaborative/Task
Force
2008
Moderator, Panel on HIV and Women at 2008 American Public
Health Association Annual Conference, San Diego, California,
October 25-28, 2008
2006- 2008
Board member, National Coalition for Minority Health, Lafayette,
Indiana
2007
Member, Society for Public Health Education Planning Committee for
2007 Annual Conference
2007
Chair, Panel on “Care and Treatment Issues among Women” at the
2007 Annual Conference of American Public Health Association,
Washington DC, November 3-7, 2007
2006
Chair, Panel on “The Slavery Kaleidoscope” at the 22nd Annual
Symposium on African American Culture and Philosophy by the
African American Studies Research Center, Purdue University, West
Lafayette, December 8th, 2006
2005
Served as ‘Recorder’ at the Society for Public Health Education’s
Inaugural Health Education Research Disparities Summit, “Health
Disparities and Social Inequalities: Framing a Transdisciplinary
Research Agenda in Health Education” in Alexandria, Virginia,
August 8-9, 2005
2004-2005
President of the African Students’ Association at Penn State
University
2004
Moderator, Panel on “HIV/AIDS in Africa and its Ramifications,” at
the 2004 Annual Conference of American Public Health Association,
Washington DC
2003-2004
Assisted in Program Development in the HIV/AIDS Section for the
2004 Annual Conference of American Public Health, Washington, DC
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2001-2006
HIV/AIDS Peer Educator/Counselor, Office of Health Promotion and
Education, University Health Services, Penn State University
2001
Volunteered and trained as HIV/AIDS peer educator/counselor for the
Office of Promotion and Education, University Health Services, Penn
State University
2001
Volunteered and trained as peer assistant/student worker for Cross
Cultural Health Program, Office of Health Promotion and Education,
University Health Services, Penn State University
2001
Internship with WellSpring From On Drugs Inc, State College
(community hotline service center)
2001
Search committee member, new educator/counselor coordinator for the
Office Health Promotions and Education, University Health Services,
Penn State University
Lectures/Seminars/Workshops
2011
Keynote Speaker, Claiming My Own Healthy Sexuality, 18th Annual
Women & AIDS Conference, October 6th, South Bend Indiana
2011
Invited speaker, Breaking the Cycle of Social Bias, Workshop by
Indiana State Department of Health, Division of HIV/STD and Viral
Hepatitis, February 28, Indianapolis, Indiana
2010
Invited speaker, Balancing womanhood and HIV/AIDS at the 17th
Annual Women & AIDS Conference, October 7th, South Bend Indiana
2010
Presenter, Don’t Ignore it! Protect it! – Community Health-fair at the
Black Cultural Center, Purdue University, February 4th
2010
Panel Presenter, Telling Our Stories: Improving Health for Women,
the Nation and the World (Women’s History Month) – organized by
Women’s Resource Office, Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for
Leadership, Purdue Women Lead, Women for Purdue…Advancing the
Spirit of Giving, etc., Friday, March 5th
2009
Presenter, Human Sexuality – Sexual health of Indiana’s Youth,
presented to the Lafayette School Corporation Coordinated School
Health Council, November 2nd
2009
Presenter, Sexual Health Seminar – Loveline, Sex and Relationship,
organized by Phi Beta Sigma, Purdue University, Wednesday, March
4th
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2008
Presenter, Sexual Health Seminar – Loveline, Sex and Relationship,
organized by Phi Beta Sigma, Purdue University, Wednesday, January
16
2007
Presenter, Sexual Health Seminar - organized by Tau Phi Sigma,
Purdue University, November 12th, 2007
2007
Trainer, Nvivo Qualitative Software Workshop: provided training on
qualitative research data analysis at the HIV Stigma Workshop,
University of Limpopo, South Africa, September 24th – 28th
2007
Presented a seminar at Jefferson High School, Lafayette, Indiana in
collaboration with the Tarajia Project. The project encourages African
American girls to stay in school by providing presentations by
professional black females as ‘role models.’ (April 2nd, 2007)
2007
Presenter, Sexual Health Seminar – Loveline, Sex and Relationship,
organized by Phi Beta Sigma, Purdue University, March 21st,
2007
Trainer, NVivo Software Qualitative Workshop: provided training on
qualitative research data analysis at the HIV Stigma Workshop,
Pennsylvania State University, March 2nd – 3rd,
2007
Presenter, “Africa – my motherland” presented at the Word of Life
Fellowship Church Black History Month Celebration, “A Call to
Action: Building a Multicultural Community,” February 28,
2007
Presenter, Me, My Health and HIV – Don’t Ignore it! Prevent it! –
Human Sexuality as a Health Concern, presented at the HIV/AIDS
Awareness Campaign, Black Cultural Center, Purdue University,
February 8th,
2006
Trainer, HIV Stigma Training Workshop: provided training on
qualitative research data analysis and management, at Pennsylvania
State University, September 21st to 22nd
2005
Invited Speaker, Penn State University International Hospitality
Council, International Speakers Program, Center Hall Elementary
School. Presentation title: Africa – My motherland, April 29
Professional Memberships
2002 – Present
American Public Health Association
2002 – Present
Society for Public Health Education
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2002 – 2010
Society for Behavioral Medicine
2007 – 2010
Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality
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Awards/Honors
2009
College of Liberal Arts Certificate of Recognition, presented by Diversity
& Retention Initiatives through Volunteering, Education, and Networking
(DRIVEN), Purdue University, West Lafayette
2007
Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality Emerging Professional
Award, presented at the 2007 Annual Conference of the Scientific Study
of Sexuality, Indianapolis, Indiana, November 9-11
2006
College of Liberal Arts Certificate of Recognition, presented by Diversity
& Retention Initiatives through Volunteering, Education, and Networking
(DRIVEN), Purdue University, West Lafayette
2001
United States Achievement Academy All-American Scholar Award
2001
The National Collegiate Society of Scholars Award
2001
Golden Key National Honors Society Award
2001
Alpha Sigma Lambda, Eta Upsilon Chapter, Pennsylvania State University
2001
Certificate of Recognition, Office of Health Promotion & Education,
Pennsylvania State University
College of Liberal Arts Superior Academic Achievement Award for
Spring Semester, Pennsylvania State University
2001
2000
College of Liberal Arts Superior Academic Achievement Award for
Spring & Fall Semesters, Pennsylvania State University
2000 & 2001 Deans’ Honors Roll, College of Liberal Arts, Pennsylvania State
University