E. Gale Greenlee

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E. Gale Greenlee
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E. Gale Greenlee, Ph.D. (she/her) is an independent children’s literature and Black Girlhood Studies scholar and a teacher-scholar in residence at the bell hooks center at Berea College. She holds a doctorate in African American literature from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her research sits at the intersection of Black and Latinx girlhood studies, critical geography, and children’s and young adult literature. She is broadly interested in pop culture, Black Appalachian literature, memory work and Black feminist legacy keeping. She is the author of "A Blueprint for Black Girlhood: bell hooks’s Homemade Love" and co-curator of the installation in the bell hooks center. At the center, she continues to amplify hooks's children's writings as an unexplored archive of feminist thought and praxis. An aspiring children’s author, she’s currently writing about Black children and green spaces and researching the history of Black crafts at Berea College.

Date Accepted
2023
Track
Introduction to Digital Humanities (DH)

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