Ersula Ore

Ersula Ore is an Associate Professor of African and African American Studies and Rhetoric at Arizona State University's School of Social Transformation. Her award-winning research examines racialized practices of civic engagement and post-emancipation rhetorical strategies, particularly through lynching discourses that shape American identity. Award recognition includes the 2020 RSA Book Award for 'Lynching: Violence, Rhetoric, and American Identity'.

Research explores:

• Lynching as civic practice
• White constitutionalism
• Contemporary racial discourse
• Racialized spaces

Publications analyze racial violence, public memory, and pedagogical approaches to racial justice. Recent work investigates Trump-era racial politics and breathing as embodied resistance.