Latoya M. Teague

Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Simmons Center
Areas of Expertise Children & Families, Education, Gender, Human Rights, Race, Identity & Ethnicity

Biography

Latoya M. Teague is a critical Black literacy scholar. Her research contextualizes literature by and about Black people against moments in history that impact Black lives. She approaches her research as a former K-12 educator and a high school librarian whose focused area of interest includes Black storytelling, archival recovery, and foregrounding resistance to understand pursuits of Black liberation. She is currently working on a book manuscript on Black women storytelling and resistance practices.

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Epistolary Labor: Letter Writing Activism

Latoya M. Teague co-authored a paper titled "Epistolary Labor: Letter Writing Activism," published in the Black History Bulletin as part of a special issue on Black labor.
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