We at Africana Studies are so excited to welcome Dr. Kristen Reynolds, International Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow in Black Digital Humanities!

Dr. Kristen Reynolds is an International Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Africana Studies and the Cogut Institute. She earned her Ph.D. in American studies from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in 2024. Her research utilizes Black speculative literature and culture to interrogate how digital and computational technologies reproduce antiblackness through their coherence around Sylvia Wynter’s articulation of “Man, overrepresented as the human.” Her work thereby seeks to demonstrate how Black speculative literature and culture posits new frameworks for developing technologies that promote Black futures. She is interested in teaching courses focused on Black digital humanities and science and technology studies, speculative literature and culture, and courses that allow students to develop and experiment with speculative methods.

Welcome to Africana Studies/Rites and Reason Theatre!