She is Assistant Professor of Homiletics, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. She is an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Her Ph.D. is in Religion and Social Transformation. She has published several sermons and articles in collections such as Those Preaching Women, Embracing the Spirit: Womanist Perspective on Hope, Salvation, and Transformation, and The Abingdon Women's Preaching Annual.