Born in Jacksonville, FL to a single mom in a neighborhood situated between two housing projects, Doc saw drugs and violence ruin the lives of many of his peers.  Determined that his life would be different, Doc became one of the top baseball players in the city and earned a full academic scholarship to Florida A&M University.  Yet during finals week of his sophomore year, his mother had a stroke.  The next semester, Doc moved his mother and 12-year-old sister to Tallahassee with him and graduated magna cum laude with bachelor’s degrees in mathematics, philosophy and religion two years later.  Doc went on to earn master's and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University in philosophy; specializing in philosophy of religion, social philosophy, and ethics.

Doc has been a professor of philosophy at Wilberforce University, Southern University, & was the Inaugural Associate Director of Education at the Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and in Healthcare.  He was a Fulbright Scholar to Morocco & Tunisia and Chair of the Department of Visual Arts, Humanities, and Theatre at Florida A&M University.  Following this, he served as Dean of the College of Arts, Sciences, Business, and Education as well as the the John & Anna Hanes Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at Winston-Salem State University.  Later he served as Dean of Arts & Sciences and Fellow in the Shipley Center for Innovation at Clarkson University.  Doc delivers dozens of lectures each year and continues to be active in the Academic Community.  He has been invited to speak to audiences in Africa, Europe, Hawaii, Australia, and North America.

Beyond his academic accomplishments, Doc is a motivator, public intellectual, and entrepreneur.  He has 9 books, 4 documentary films, and he encourages people to work hard to succeed in school, business, and life.  In his keynotes, seminars, and workshops, Doc teaches that it does not matter where you start out in life, you can have and do whatever you dream of doing.  All you have to do is have faith, work hard, stay relentless, and keep a great attitude.  Because the only difference between a good day and a bad day is your attitude... and attitude is everything!