EDUCATION
Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans
Bachelor of Arts, Mass Communication
MEMBERSHIPS
National Association of Black Journalists
Washington Association of Black Journalists
Xavier University of Louisiana Alumni Association, DMV Chapter
National Coalition of 100 Black Women
Metropolitan Baton Rouge Chapter, Public Relations Committee (2018-2020)
Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Chapter, Public Relations and Economic Empowerment committees (2020- Present)
Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Inc.
Charter Vice-President, Eta Chapter, New Orleans – 2004-2005
The Communications Network (past)
Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy (past)
The Public Relations Society of America, National Capital Chapter (past)
AWARDS & SPECIAL RECOGNITION
35th Annual Educational Advertising Awards, Bronze, Integrated Marketing Campaign, February 2020
35th Annual Educational Advertising Awards, Bronze, Special Video, February 2020
2016 Best Feature Story, 2nd Place, Division 6, Louisiana Press Association Better Newspaper Awards, June 2017 (writer)
2015 Best Overall Sports section, Division 4 – Weekly Citizen, Louisiana Press Association Awards, June 2016 (editor)
2015 Best Publication, Advertising, Division 4 - Paint it All Pink, Louisiana Press Association Awards, June 2016 (editor)
Xavier University 40 Under 40 Young Alumni Award Class, November 2015
Sue Weinstein Excellence in Volunteerism, May 2015
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
ACADEMIC
Rose, Leslie D. "Criminal Minded." St. James Encyclopedia of Hip
Hop Culture, edited by Thomas Riggs, St. James Press, 2018,
pp. 99-101.
Rose, Leslie D. "Native Tongues." St. James Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Culture, edited by Thomas Riggs, St. James Press, 2018, pp. 311-314.
Rose, Leslie D. "The Northeast." St. James Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Culture, edited by Thomas Riggs, St. James Press, 2018, pp. 329-333.
Rose, Leslie D. "Rap as Marketing, Advertising, and Branding." St. James Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Culture, edited by Thomas Riggs, St. James Press, 2018, pp. 383-387
POETRY
The Newsroom, Next Left Press, Nov. 2015
“Needles,” co-written by William Brian Sain, All Def Poetry, Dec. 17, 2014
Various, Indiefeed: Performance Poetry, Episodes 1189, 1272, 1332, 1403, 1492, 1539, and 1594, June 2013 – Jan. 2016
“Conversations with my drunken brother,” Passages North, April 12, 2012