Angela Ards

Angela Ards is an Associate Professor of English and Director of the Journalism Program at Boston College, part of the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences. She previously held positions at Southern Methodist University (SMU) as an Associate Professor of English from 2007 onward. Her education includes a B.A. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, an M.A. from UCLA, and a Ph.D. in English from Princeton University.

• Research focuses on African American literature, contemporary American literature, cultural studies, literary journalism, and narratives of place.
• Author of Words of Witness: Black Women’s Autobiography in the Post-Brown Era (2015) and current book project Homesteading: Black Regional Identity in the Global South.
• Recipient of prestigious fellowships including Radcliffe Institute, Harvard’s Du Bois Institute, and Hedgebrook residency.

Advocates for social justice through narrative, her work bridges academic research and public engagement. She has been invited to speak at institutions like MIT, Harvard, and the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture.