K. Bellamy Mitchell

K. Bellamy Mitchell is a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in the John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. They hold affiliations with the Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity, the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture, and the Department of English Language and Literature. Their work bridges literature, critical theory, and social justice.

Education: PhD (2024, joint in English and Social Thought), MA in English (2021), both from the University of Chicago; BA with Honors in Philosophy and English (2015, Georgetown University).

Research focuses on apology theory, affect studies, and Indigenous/queer performance art. They examine how literary and social rituals of repair engage race, class, and colonialism. Current courses include 'Aftermath: Literature of Reparation' and 'Transformative Description: Faulkner, Hurston, and Modernist Ethnography.'

Fellowships supported their work at institutions like the Pozen Center and Newberry Consortium. Creative writing appears in Gulf Coast, Prodigal, and SixByEight.