2007                Ph.D., American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California Dissertation:  “The Contours of the Sonic Color-line: Slavery, Segregation, and the Cultural Politics of Listening.” Committee:  Carla Kaplan (chair), Judith Jackson Fossett, Fred Moten, and Joanna Demers

2004                M.A., American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California

1996                Single Subject Credential, Secondary Education in English, University of California, Riverside

1995                B.A., English, University of California, Riverside, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa