Dianca London Potts

Dianca London Potts serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Writing at Pratt Institute's School of Liberal Arts & Sciences, teaching courses including WR-320 Special Topics.

Her academic credentials include:

• MFA in Creative Writing from The New School for Public Engagement
• MA in Humanities from Arcadia University
• MA in English from Arcadia University
• BA in English from Temple University

Her creative scholarship centers on intersectional narratives in contemporary literature, with emphasis on Black women's voices and apocalyptic themes in memoir. As former online editor of Well-Read Black Girl and prose editor of LIT magazine, she actively shapes dialogues around underrepresented literary perspectives through publications in Electric Literature and Obsidian.

Her accolades feature:

• Kimbilio Fiction Fellowship

Potts' professional narrative bridges editorial leadership and creative production, evidenced by her forthcoming memoir Planning for the Apocalypse and contributions to Vice, Glamour, and The Village Voice. Current work explores speculative fiction frameworks within African diasporic storytelling traditions.