Biography

Dr. Sheneese Thompson is Associate Professor of Afro-American Studies at Howard University.  She earned a B.A  in Afro-American Studies from Howard University, her M.A. in African American Studies from Boston University, and Ph.D. in African American and African Studies from The Ohio State University. She is currently a faculty fellow in Bowie State University’s Center for Research and Mentoring Black Male Students & Teachers and Editor in Chief of Freedom: A Journal of Research in Africana Studies. Her research areas of interest include Black Popular Culture, African American literature, Comparative Diaspora Studies, Afro-Atlantic Religion, and most notably Lucumi’s cultural impact in the United States. Her first book, Oshun, Lemonade, and Intertextuality: Afro-Atlantic Religion in Black Cultural Production is forthcoming in Spring 2025.