Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Ianna Hawkins Owen
We are so honored to have the brilliant Dr. Ianna Hawkins Owen join as the keynote speaker for our 2024 English Department graduate conference, "Care as Praxis, Care as Literature.
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Ianna Hawkins Owen (he/him) is an assistant professor of black literature at Boston University. Find his bio and more of his work below.
Learn about Dr. Ianna Hawkins Owen & his Work
Ianna Hawkins Owen (he/him) is an assistant professor at Boston University in the English department and the African American & Black Diaspora Studies program. He works at the intersections of blackness, asexuality, and critical eating studies; organizes a seasonal gathering called Communion: Queer & Trans Memorial & Mourning; and makes games. His first book project, Ordinary Failure: Diaspora's Limits & Longings, is under contract with Duke; his second book project in progress, This Time Without Feeling: Reading Black Asexual Affects, received a Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders award.
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