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Title
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KARIMA JEFFREY-LEGETTE
Hampton University
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Description
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An Associate Professor of English at Hampton University, Karima K. Jeffrey-Legette (she/her) is interested in African-diasporic literature and multi-ethnic American studies. She has written and lectured extensively on topics related to cultural/cross-cultural expression and has a particular interest in the response that scholars/writers have to colonization or oppression. Noted works include Speculative Films and Moving Images by or About Black Women and Girls: Watch It!, which examines the paradoxical nature of increasingly popular but oftentimes problematic depictions of African-descended women/girls in contemporary cinema involving the supernatural, science fiction, horror, and/or superheroes. As a member of the 2023 IDH Scholars Cohort, Jeffrey-Legette will expand her Black Girls Write/Right The Future project, which entails another book project and website that examine Black female content-creators in the fields of fiction, music, and animation/comics. In this instance, unlike the former text, focal consideration is given to women as the content-creators.
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Date Accepted
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2023
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Track
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Introduction to Digital Humanities (DH)
