Jalylah Burrell

Title
Jalylah Burrell
Description
Jalylah Burrell (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of African American Studies at Loyola Marymount University. She earned her BA in English from Spelman College, her MA in Africana Studies from New York University, and her PhD in American Studies and African American Studies from Yale University. Her scholarship was previously supported by postdoctoral fellowships at DePaul University’s African and Black Diaspora Department and Rice University’s Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality. Her research and teaching are focused on African Diasporic literature and popular culture and enhanced by experience as a pop culture critic, digital producer, oral historian, and deejay. Praised by XXL magazine for her "insightful, intellectual dissection of hip-hop, feminism and Black culture," she has taught and written extensively about Black popular culture and is currently at work on a book-length project on Black women humorists.
Date Accepted
2023
Track
Introduction to Digital Humanities (DH)

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