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Ra Malika Imhotep

Education:

B.A., African & Afro-American Studies & Anthropology, (Minor, Creative Writing), Brandeis University; M.A., African American Studies, University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., African Diaspora Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Dissertation:

Indelibly Marked: Queer Articulations of Black femininity, Vernacular Aesthetics, & The Performance of Labor in the Dirty South

Thesis Advisor:

Brandi Catanese, Professor of African American/African Diaspora Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Research Topic:

Embodied Citation: A Genealogy of Black feminist Performance Methodology (on stage and in the streets)

Mentor:

Ni’Ja Whitson, Professor of Critical Dance Studies, University of California, Riverside

Current Position:

Assistant Professor, Department of International Studies, Spelman College

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