Biography:

Race and gender scholar; university professor. Born and grew up in Morocco.  Education; University of Kent, UK, M.A.; University of Nottingham, Ph.D. Taught at University of Alabama, 2005-2014 ; University of Pennsylvania, Director of the African American Studies Program and Associate Professor of African-American Studies and Women’s Studies, 2014-. Member American Academy of Religion; National Women’s Studies Association;

Publications;

Witches, Goddesses, and Angry Spirits:  The Politics of Spiritual Liberation in African Diaspora Women’s Fiction. Columbus: Ohio University Press, 2013.

Joint_Editor;

Race and Displacement;  Nation, Migration, and Identity in the Twenty-First Century.  University of Alabama Press, 2013.