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Moya Z. Bailey

Visiting Scholar 2020-2021 Assistant professor, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program and Department of Cultures, Societies and Global Studies, Northeastern University
The trailblazers in human, academic, scientific and religious freedom have always been in the minority… It will take such a small committed minority to work unrelentingly to win the uncommitted majority. Such a group may transform America’s greatest dilemma into her most glorious opportunity.
— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Background

Moya Bailey is a scholar of critical race, feminist, and disability studies. Currently, she is an assistant professor in the Department of Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies and the Program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality at Northeastern University. Bailey received her PhD from Emory University and her BA. from Spelman College.

Interests

Bailey’s work focuses on marginalized groups’ use of digital media to promote social justice as acts of self-affirmation and health promotion. She is interested in how race, gender, and sexuality are represented in media and medicine. She currently curates the #transformDH Tumblr initiative in digital humanities. She is also the digital alchemist for the Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network.

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