• Coordinator of Graduate Programs in Music
• BS Music Education, Rust College
• MA Music Education, University of  Iowa
• Ph.D. Music Education, University of Iowa
• JSU faculty since 1975

          Coordinator of Faculty Brass Quintet

          Coordinator of Student Recitals

          Music Educators National Conference (MENC) Advisor

          Former President of Mississippi Music Educators Association

          Recipient of  "Certificate of Appreciation"  for service as MENC  advisor

          Recipient of plaque for Loyalty and Service to the city of Jackson

          Recipient of "Spotlight on Scholars" award    

          Trombonist for local performance with Lionel Hampton Big Band, Bob Hope Show, Opera South
          Orchestra, Jackson Municipal Band, JSU Orchestra, Mississippi Orchestra-First Baptist Church
          "Christmas by Candle-Light", Mississippi College Choir performance of Handel's " Messiah", Milsaps
          College Choir performance of Mendelssohn's "Elijah" and Bass Trombonist for University Jazz Ensemble 

          Director of Instrumental Ensemble, Pearl Street Church

          Memberships include Music Educators National Conference, Mississippi Music Educators Association, Phi
          Mu Alpha, Phi Delta Kappa, Mu Sigma chapter of Phi Beta Sigma, Inc., 100 Black Men of America, Inc.