Ph.D.
Dual-Title Ph.D. Degree in English and African American and Diaspora Studies
The Pennsylvania State University
2023
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Faculty
Faculty
SABRINA EVANS (she/her)
Assistant Professor
Department/Office
- English Faculty
School/College
- College of Arts & Sciences
Biography
Sabrina Evans is an Assistant Professor in the English Department. Her research focuses on nineteenth- and early twentieth-century African American literature with a specialization in Black women's writing, archives, and organizing. She currently serves as project co-coordinator for the Black Women's Organizing Archive, a digital humanities project that seeks to locate the scattered archives of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Black women organizers as well as provide teaching and research resources.
Education & Expertise
Education
M.A.
M.A. in English
The Pennsylvania State University
2019
B.A.
B.A. in Literatures in English
University of California, San Diego
2016
Expertise
Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century African American Literature
Sabrina Evans specializes in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century African American Literature, with a particular focus on Black women's writing, archives, and organizing; Black feminism; and Black Digital Humanities.
Academics
Academics
African American Literature to 1940
Course Overview: In this course, students will be introduced to the major authors, genres, journals, themes, movements, and debates that have shaped the African American literary tradition. We will explore the cultural experiences of African/African Americans who helped shape the growth of the United States from its earliest beginnings through the early 1940s. Through examining selections of poetry, novels, short stories, essays, articles, and pamphlets, students will expand upon their definition of “literary” to encompass the diversity of African American literary production, culture, and history.