Flourice Richardson

Flourice Richardson serves as Assistant Professor and Director of Technical and Professional Writing in the Department of English at North Carolina A&T State University. Her academic leadership spans curriculum development, research on technology ethics, and Black feminist pedagogy.

Her research focuses on critical intersections of race, gender, rhetoric, and technology, with emerging expertise in AI ethics and social justice. Key projects include the forthcoming co-authored book Consent Denied: Black Women, Eugenics, and the Politics of Forced Reproduction (2027) and practical guides for AI ethics education integration.

Recent publications demonstrate interdisciplinary reach across technical communication, literature, and computing education. Her work consistently addresses systemic inequities through frameworks like Black feminist rhetoric and Afrofuturism, with applications spanning classroom pedagogy to AI development ethics.

Richardson's educational foundation includes:

• Ph.D. in English Studies (Illinois State University, 2018)
• Graduate Certificate in Women’s & Gender Studies (Illinois State University, 2015)
• Graduate Certificate in Technical and Professional Communication (East Carolina University, 2009)
• M.A. in English & African American Literature (NC A&T, 1996)
• B.A. in English (NC A&T, 1995)

Her scholarship actively shapes conversations in technical communication and AI ethics through practical frameworks for curriculum development, as evidenced by her 2025 SIGCSE publication on institutional implementation strategies for AI ethics education.