Adam Banks

Faculty Co-Chair

Adam Banks is Professor of Education and, by courtesy, African and African American Studies while serving as the Faculty Director of the Program in Writing and Rhetoric and the Institute for Diversity in the Arts. His scholarship lies at the intersections of writing, rhetoric and technology issues; with specialized interests including African American rhetoric, community literacy, digital rhetorics and digital humanities. His most recent book is is a collaborative effort with Keith Gilyard, titled On African American Rhetoric, and his current book project is titled Black Intranets: Dimensions of African American Digital Rhetoric.

Kay Barrett

Graduate Co-Chair

Kay R. Barrett is a PhD candidate in English who studies Black literature and media of the Atlantic World. Her research looks at how speculative genres—such as sci-fi, fantasy, and horror—articulate and thematize Black radical thought. As a former Marshall Scholar, she holds an MSt in English Literature (1830–1914) from the University of Oxford and an MSc in Intermediality: Literature, Film and the Arts in Dialogue from the University of Edinburgh. She is currently a Knight-Hennessy Scholar.

Carmen Thong

Graduate Co-Chair

Carmen Thong is a PhD candidate in English and completing a MA in Public Policy at Stanford University. She works in Postcolonial/World Literature, Digital Humanities, and Cultural Policy. Her current research project looks at how literatures and authors from the Global South are “discovered” within the global literary supply chain. For more information, visit: https://www.carmenthong.com/

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