Geneva Greene
Doctoral Student ● Culturist ● Curator ● Educator ● Advocate
Research Focus Areas
Geneva Greene's research targets cultural communications especially centered on people of African descent across the United States, Central and Latin America, and the Caribbean. In 2023, Geneva travelled to Cuba to study Afro-Cuban culture, music, history, and entrepreneurship.Stateside, Geneva recently completed cultural mapping research for Traditional Arts DC in partnership with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Her work led to an invitation to join the National Folklife Network as a DC Community Voice. The network is a national initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts promoting equity and arts. Geneva believes in the power of communications and social change through arts, policies and economics. She is a National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) Equitable Development Fellow doing research with the Washington Area Community Investment Fund (WACIF) on an environment and economic equity initiative.
DEI and Workplace Culture
Geneva leverages her Corporate Communications and Human Resources background to advance organizational culture. She advocates for workplace wellbeing. For more information on Geneva's consulting and training practice, click here.
Transnational Communications
Diasporic people transmit messages of health, spirituality, and activism across geographic boundaries. Through her research, Geneva explores the various methods that African diasporic people use to communicate, including dance, music and social media.
Black Women and Community Advocacy
Through entrepreneurship, dance, social media and other endeavors, Black women create spaces that liberate themselves and their communities. Geneva uncovers such spaces and encourages women through her global organization called Women Without Limits. Learn more about Women Without Limits here.Greene, G., & Candelaria, R. T. (2024). Framing Cuba: U.S. Media and Cuba’s Black Lives Matter Protests. Journal of Black Studies, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00219347241226933 (doi: 10.1177/00219347241226933)
Wellbeing is a community practice in addition to being a personal practice. Through movement, meditation and music, Geneva leads a session that focuses on collective wellness that incorporates African diaspora themes. This session launched during the 37th Annual Conference for the National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women in October 2022.
Professional Background
Geneva Greene spent more than a decade in Corporate Communications, then Human Resources at Lockheed Martin corporation. Her professional skills include communications and inclusion strategy, process improvement, change management, community relations, and internal/external communications. Geneva developed and taught the first diversity, equity, and inclusion in communications course as at Georgetown University. She was featured in the Future of Work issue of Diversity Woman magazine. She was also awarded the Forum for Workplace Inclusion’s 2023 Power the Future Award. Geneva was recognized as Diversity MBA's Top 100 Leaders Under 50.
Geneva earned bachelors degrees in Sociology and Public Relations from the University of Georgia. She completed an MBA with marketing and international business concentrations at Southern Methodist University and is Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certified. Geneva is a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Recent Engagements
Geneva often speaks and hosts workshops. Recent appearances include:
"Nature of Dance" Cleveland Elementary School District of Columbia Public Schools
"Elements of Wellbeing: Movement, Meditation, and Community" North Laurel Maryland Community Center
"Celebrating African Rhythms through Dance & Song" Oakley Cabin Montgomery Parks
"The Politics of the Drum" The Kennedy Center Culture Caucus, The Healing Power of Go Go Festival
“AfroSoul Symposium: Embracing Our Shared Narratives Across the African Diaspora,” Howard University Department of African Studies
"Reclaiming the Narrative: Methodological Approaches to Researching Black Women in Communication" and "Critical Race Conversations: Public Reactions to DEI Training Coverage" National Communications Association Conference
"Pynk Proverbs: Peeling the Layers on Alternative Spirituality and Public Health Practices in P-Valley" and "Club Quarantine: Creating Space for Joy with Hip Hop and Dance During the Covid-19 Pandemic" Howard University's Hip Hip 50 Conference
"African Diaspora Dance and Spirituality" Trinity Washington University
“Ubuntu Community Building”, DC Courts Family Court Division
"DEI Crisis Communications" Eastern Communications Association
“Multigenerational Workplace: Engaging Talent with Inclusive Leadership,” Howard University's Global Executive Leadership Program
“Inclusive Leadership Summit” National Hockey League and Amazon Prime
"Activate Allyship with Empathy Mapping" International Organizational Development Conference
“Implicit Bias and Allyship” Georgia State University