LaVelle Ridley

Education:

B.A., English Literature, minor Africana Studies, University of Toledo; M.A., English Language & Literature, University of Michigan; Ph.D., English & Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Michigan

Dissertation:

Desired Bodies, Imagining Selves: Ideological Regimes and Creative Praxis in Black Trans Life Narratives

Thesis Advisor:

LaKisha Simmons, Professor of History and Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Michigan, and Ruby Tapia, Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Michigan

Research Topic:

Exploring Black Trans Insurgency through Oral History

Mentor:

Eric A. Stanley, Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Current Position:

President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Gender and Women’s Studies, University of California, Berkeley

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