Randi Gill-Sadler

Randi Gill-Sadler is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Africana Studies at Davidson College. She holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in English from the University of Florida and a B.A. from Gardner-Webb University. Her teaching and research focus on 20th-century Black women's writing across the African diaspora, particularly examining intersections of race, gender, and U.S. imperialism.

• Research explores U.S. Empire's reliance on African American participation and cultural production
• Key courses: Black Feminist Literature, U.S. Empire in African American Literature, Caribbean Tourism in Literary Imagination
• Influenced by Black women writers' pedagogical approaches emphasizing collaboration and expansive study

Her work critically engages with authors like Paule Marshall, Gloria Naylor, June Jordan, and Toni Cade Bambara. She has been awarded a residency at the National Humanities Center for her research on Black women's literary responses to U.S. imperialism.