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Dr. Akae Wright is an Assistant Professor of Black Feminist Studies in the Departments of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and American Studies at George Washington University. Their scholarship centers carceral abolition through communal healing justice practices, tracing Black feminist genealogies of resistance across historical and contemporary contexts while centering Black queer and trans life flourishing.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Feminist Studies, University of Minnesota
- Black Feminist Thought Postdoctoral Fellow, Northeastern University (Africana Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies)
Dr. Wright's research synthesizes Black feminist thought, digital humanities, and carceral studies to examine how Black communities cultivate spiritual care and embodied resistance amid systemic violence. Their book project Embodying Abolition: Healing Justice, Black Feminism and Ending Carcerality investigates intimate and communal survival practices as abolitionist praxis, with particular attention to Caribbean diasporic traditions and digital ecologies of healing.
Scientific Awards:
- Leadership in Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Fellowship (2020)
- Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship (2021)
As a Jamaican immigrant and first-generation scholar using they/them pronouns, Dr. Wright identifies as a nonfiction storyteller weaving historical analysis into liberation frameworks. Their public scholarship includes speaking engagements on Black bodily autonomy and care practices, alongside community-based facilitation. Personal interests encompass plant cultivation, yoga, culinary arts, and textile crafts like embroidery and crochet.
