Kristin Moriah

Kristin Moriah is an Associate Professor of African American Literary Studies at Queen’s University (Kingston, Ontario). She holds a PhD in English Literature from the CUNY Graduate Center and cross-appointments in Gender Studies and the School of Graduate Studies’ Cultural Studies program. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on Black performance, sound studies, and transnational cultural formations. Moriah has held prestigious fellowships including the Marie Tremaine Fellowship and the Just Transformations Fellowship at Penn State’s Center for Black Digital Research.

Education: PhD (CUNY Graduate Center), MA (McGill University), BAH (Western University).

Research emphasizes how Black artists navigate global cultural spaces, particularly through performance and sound. She co-directed the Black Studies Summer Institute (2021-2023), advancing graduate scholarship in Canadian Black Studies. Her edited volume Insensible of Boundaries: Studies in Mary Ann Shadd Cary (2025) examines the legacy of this 19th-century Black feminist activist. Awards include the ASA Yasuo Sakakibara Prize and Queen’s Excellence in Mentoring Award.

Grants include SSHRC Insight Development grants and Queen’s Arts & Science EDI initiatives. She actively supervises graduate students in Black Studies, sound, and performance methodologies. Affiliations include the Agnes Etherington Art Centre and the African American LLC Executive Committee.