- Pronouns:
- she/her
- Email:
- akhardis@iu.edu
- Department:
- English
- Campus:
- IU Bloomington
Ayesha Hardison’s (she/her) research interests include twentieth-century and twenty-first-century African American literature, Black women’s writing, African American literary and cultural history, contemporary film and media, and popular culture studies. Her work explores questions of race, gender, genre, social politics, and historical memory.
She is the author of Writing through Jane Crow: Race and Gender Politics in African American Literature (University of Virginia Press, 2014), winner of the Nancy Dasher Award and a Choice Outstanding Academic Title. She is co-editor with Eve Dunbar of African American Literature in Transition: 1930-1940 (Cambridge University Press, 2022) and co-editor with Randal Jelks of two special journal issues, including for The Langston Hughes Review. Additionally, she has published several book chapters as well as articles in African American Review and Meridians. Her current book project explores representations of African American social movement history in novels, film, and material culture.