PUBLICATIONS
Even academically talented students face challenges in college. For high-achieving Black women, their racial, gender, and academic identities intensify those issues. Inside the classroom, they are spotlighted and feel forced to be representatives for their identity groups. In campus life, they are isolated and face microaggressions from peers. Using intersectionality as a theoretical framework, Davis addresses the significance of the various identities of high-achieving Black women in college individually and collectively, revealing the ways institutional oppression functions at historically white institutions and in social interactions on and off campus. Based on interviews with collegiate Black women in honors communities, Black and Smart analyzes the experiences of academically talented Black undergraduate women navigating their social and academic lives at urban historically white institutions and offers strategies for creating more inclusive academic and social environments for talented undergraduates.
BLACK and SMART
Davis, A. M. (2023). Black and Smart: How Black High-Achieving Black Women Experience College. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ.
NOT SO GIFTED: ACADEMIC IDENTITY FOR BLACK WOMEN IN HONORS
Davis, A. M. (2018). Not So Gifted: Academic Identity for Black Women in Honors. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 19.2 (Fall/Winter 2018) ISBN 978-1-945001-01-7 ISSN 1559-0151
RECIPE FOR A PROGRAMMING BOARD
Jackson-Buckner, A. M. (2009). Recipe for a programming board. Campus Activities Programming magazine. November/December.
PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS
Dr. Musu has nearly two decades of experience as a university administrator, authored two books, presented at conferences across the country, and has become a premiere education motivational and professional development speaker! Book a session to inspire your team.
INCLUSIVE TEACHING: STRATEGIES FOR SUPPORTING ACADEMICALLY TALENTED BLACK UNDERGRADUATE WOMEN
Presented at AAC&U Conference on Diversity, Equity, and Student Success, Philadelphia, PA, March 23.
CHAMPION MINDSET FOR STUDENT SUCCESS
Invited keynote for student success series at Morrisville State University, Morrisville, NY, September 12.
COLLEGE NETWORKS & SOCIAL CAPITAL
Invited lecture at Honors Colloquium Assembly, New Brunswick, NJ
INCLUSIVE ADVISING WORKSHOP
Presented with Syrett, K. Invited lecture for Rutgers University Coalition for Anti-Racism Social Justice and Equity. Presented via Zoom, March 29.
MENTORING THE ADVISOR
Invited lecture at University of Texas Advising Association Meeting. Presented via Zoom, Webinar, Feb 6.
YOUR ADVISING PHILOSOPHY: BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP
Presented with Neuber, A.N., & VanOrden, J. (2020). Presented via Zoom, NACADA Webinar, May 7.
CRITIQUING HIGH-ACHIEVING
How Black women in honors make meaning around their identity. Presented at AERA National Conference, Washington, D.C., April 10.
TO BE YOUNG, GIFTED, AND BLACK
Strategies for advising high-achieving Black women. Presented at NACADA National Conference, St. Louis, MO, October 13.
MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE
Making the most of your college experience. Presented at University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, Step into College - Pre-College Conference, sponsored by Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown, March 7.
RACE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Invited lecture for Rutgers University at Honors Colloquium Assembly, New Brunswick, NJ, February 27.
INTERSECTIONALITY AND IDENTITY
Invited lecture at Rutgers University at Honors Colloquium Assembly, New Brunswick, NJ, September 13.
CHALLENGING THE BOUNDARIES OF LEARNING
Challenging the boundaries of learning: Honors student engagement beyond the classroom. Presented at the National Regional Honors Council Annual Conference, Niagara Falls, NY, April 6.
INTERSECTING IDENTITIES OF HIGH-ACHIEVING UNDERGRADUATE BLACK WOMEN
“I always feel like I have to represent”: Intersecting identities of high-achieving undergraduate Black women. Presented at ASHE National Conference, CEP Pre-conference, Denver, CO, November 4.
FEELING LIKE A FRESHMAN AGAIN
Feeling like a freshman again: Finding balance with graduate classes, working full-time, and life. Presented at Temple University Academic Advising Conference, May 8.
BUILDING EFFECTIVE ADVISOR-ORGANIZATION RELATIONSHIPS.
Presented with Schechner, S. at Widener University Faculty Bridge Week conference, May 9.
BUILDING YOUR BOARD
Presented at National Association Campus Activities Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, October 15. With Saengsouriya, J. & Chauvette, M.