Kendra L. Mitchell

Kendra L. Mitchell, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of English and Director of Composition at Florida A&M University (FAMU), part of the College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities (CSSAH). She holds a Ph.D. in English (Rhetoric & Composition Studies) from Florida State University (2016), an M.A. from Florida State University (2012), and a B.A. in English Literature from FAMU (2006). Her academic roles include serving on the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Executive Committee and the NCTE Committee for Change, both focused on social justice advocacy.

Her research interests center on Black identities and culture at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), geospatial analysis of cultural circulation, and antiracist pedagogy. She has published in Writing Center Journal and Praxis Journal, with forthcoming work in the Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics and a co-edited book on HBCUs and antiracism.

Dr. Mitchell’s professional service includes roles as a U.S. Student Fulbright Advisor, co-chair of FAMU’s Common Read Selection Committee, and guest lecturer at the University of Pretoria (South Africa) during her 2016 Fulbright appointment. She teaches courses including Freshman Communicative Skills, Advanced Composition, and Technical Writing.