Monifa A Love

Monifa A Love is a Professor in the Library at Bowie State University with a distinguished academic background spanning English, Anthropology, and African American studies. Her work bridges creative practice and critical theory across multiple disciplines.

Her educational credentials include:

• PhD in English from The Florida State University (awarded with distinction)
• MA in English from The Florida State University
• AB in Anthropology from Princeton University (awarded cum laude)

Professor Love's research explores Philosophies of Liberation through Race and Technology frameworks, with deep engagement in Literatures of the African Diaspora. Her scholarship examines African American Cultural Expression from historical narratives of enslavement to contemporary film analysis, while pioneering applications of Mindfulness in pedagogical contexts. She integrates Anthropology of Consciousness with 20th Century Music studies to develop liberatory educational models.

Her major recognitions include:

• Naomi Long Madgett Award for Dreaming Underground (2003)
• Fellowship at the "Black Poetry after the Black Arts Movement" institute (2015)
• African Cinema Institute fellowship

Professor Love's creative output features internationally taught works like the experimental novel Freedom in the Dismal (1998) and cultural memoir Romancing Harlem (2009). Her curatorial projects include fine arts catalogs such as "...my magic pours secret libations", and she currently develops the essay collection "Divination" while co-editing William R. Jones scholarship for Bloomsbury (2022).

She maintains active membership in the Toni Morrison Society, Langston Hughes Society, College Language Association, African Literature Association, and College English Association.

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