Haylee Harrell
Ph.D., Emory University, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Assistant Professor
Email: hcharrell@uh.edu
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Dr. Haylee C. Harrell (she/they) is a Black feminist theorist working at the intersections of Critical Black Studies, feminist philosophy, sexuality studies, and 20th-21st African American and Interracial Literature. Dr. Harrell is an active part of the Critical Studies of the Americas collective and affiliated faculty of African American Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
Their primary goal as a black feminist theorist is to encourage students to creatively engage with questions of gender and sexuality through the lens of blackness. As a first-generation student (undergraduate and graduate), Dr. Harrell is passionate about creating a learning environment where students not only explore topics of race/gender/sexuality but also what medium or form—artistic, creative, academic, or a mixture—they feel most confident expressing their research.