Portia Owusu
Assistant Professor of English and Africana Literatures at Texas A&M University
Schools
- Texas A&M University
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Biography
Texas A&M University
Research Interests
- Slavery
- History
- Memory
- Trauma
- Cultural Philosophy
Honors and Awards
- US-UK Fulbright Award
- Accountability, Climate, Equity, and Scholarship Fellowship
Publications
- Spectres from the Past: Slavery and the Politics of “History in West African and African-American Literature, New York: Routledge, 2020.
- “Fighting Fire with Fire: Violence and the Black Liberation Movement” in Perkins, Kathy A., et al. The Routledge Companion to African American Theatre and Performance. New York: Routledge, 2018.
- “The Goose and the Gander”: Historical roots of Black Power ideology on violence. Preparing for submission in Black Power: Movement, Cultures and Resistance in the Black Americas (forthcoming by Routledge).
Companies
- Assistant Professor Texas A&M University (2021)
- Visiting Assistant Professor / ACES Fellow Texas A&M University (2019 — 2021)
- University Lecturer - American Literature University of Kent (2017 — 2019)
- Teaching Fellow University of Warwick (2016 — 2017)
- Visiting Scholar US-UK Fulbright Commission (2015 — 2016)
- Substitute Teacher [English Language and Literature] Kingsbury High School (2014 — 2015)
- Teacher of English (GCSE) Brent Council (2014 — 2014)
- Researcher The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2013 — 2013)
- Admissions Adviser Kaplan International Colleges (2010 — 2012)
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) SOAS, University of London (2012 — 2016)
- Master of Arts University of York (2009 — 2010)
- Bachelor of Arts (Hons) University of Kent (2004 — 2008)
- BA (hons) American Literature and Studies University of Kansas (2006 — 2007)
- GCSEs and A Levels Convent of Jesus and Mary Language College (1997 — 2002)
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