2nd new volume
New Edited Volume In Press
Dr. Covington-Ward, along with co-editors Naomi Andre and Jendele Hungbo, has a new volume forthcoming, African Performance Arts and Political Acts (University of Michigan Press, 2021)
New volume
Publishes Embodying Black Religions
Dr. Covington-Ward, along with her co-editor Jeanette Jouili, has published a new volume, Embodying Black Religions in Africa and its Diasporas (Duke University Press, 2021)
Just Community Award
Dr. Covington-Ward awarded Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Creating a “Just” Community Award
In January, 2021 Dr. Covington-Ward was awarded the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Creating a “Just” Community Award (presented by Equipoise, the Pitt Black faculty and staff affinity group)
Anti-Black Racism Course
Leader for Anti-Black Racism Course
Dr. Covington-Ward was selected to chair the Provost's Committee on Anti-Black Racism and Transformative Pedagogy, the group that put together the first required anti-Black racism course in the nation.