Miriam C Gyimah

Miriam C Gyimah is an Adjunct Professor of English at George Mason University and Northern Virginia Community College. She specializes in African Diasporic Literatures, Cross-Cultural Feminist Theory, and American Literature. Her teaching spans courses like World Literature, African American Women Writers, and Literary Criticism.

Education: Ph.D. in Comparative Literature (Binghamton University), M.A. in English (Southern Illinois University), B.A. in English (University of Maryland Eastern Shore). She was a Clifford Clark Fellow and recipient of a Dissertation Fellowship.

Research interests include Black Feminist Criticism, Caribbean/African American literature, and connecting literary analysis to cultural and historical contexts. She authored Ekua: A Year in the Life of a Girl (novel, 2016) and Godly Life Lessons for Encouragement (inspirational writing, 2016). Currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at GMU.

Post-academia, she worked as a Senior Policy Analyst and Technical Writer at FEMA for six years before returning to teaching in 2017. Her pedagogical focus emphasizes critical thinking, verbal expression, and linking literature to real-world experiences.