Contributors
This work was made possible through a Teaching and Technology Grant from the Faculty Collaborative for Teaching Innovation at Santa Clara University.
Allia Ida Griffin
Allia is an Iranian American writer and educator. She earned her Ph.D. in Literature and Cultural Studies from UC San Diego and currently teaches in the Ethnic Studies Department at Santa Clara University. Her work has been published in Lateral and contemptorary.
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Sydney Thompson
Sydney has bachelor's degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Ethnic Studies. She is interested in developing curriculum and communications tailored for different audiences. She hopes to go to graduate school to study the history of African American literature by tracing how authors build on and borrow from the work of generations past to shape their own work in their own time.
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Haley Howard |
Khiely Jackson |
Haley received her bachelor’s degrees in Political Science and Ethnic Studies at Santa Clara University. She is interested in the intersections between English and Black women’s studies. She hopes to go to graduate school to continue studying and researching these subjects.
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Khiely has a bachelor's degree in Ethnic Studies from Santa Clara University, is currently attending San Francisco State University as a master's candidate in Ethnic Studies, and is hoping to pursue a Ph.D. She is committed to engaging in critical discourse on literature and art involving Black feminism and Marxism. Khiely believes that meaningful social change stems from shifting our cultural, political, and historical literacy. Her academic
research focuses on gender, sexuality, and capitalism in relation to the history and modern reincarnations of slavery. Books that have been formative for Khiely include Beloved by Toni Morrison and for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange. |
Jordan Rodrigues |
Jordan is studying to get a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Ethnic Studies at Santa Clara University. She is passionate about the importance of taking care of one’s self and breaking down the stigma that surrounds speaking about mental health and wants to make this a priority in her life as well as the lives of the people in her community. Her plan is to become a clinical psychologist and start a practice that is geared towards helping people of color.
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