Paula White
Assistant Professor
Languages & Literature
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Contact
- whitep@apsu.edu
- 931-221-7864
- Harned Hall Room HH 235
Ph.D. English, University of Arkansas, 2017
M.A. English, Jackson State University, 2010
B.A. English, Jackson State University, 2007
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African American Literature
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Harlem Renaissance Fiction
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Women’s Literature
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Southern Literature
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Black Feminism
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Intersectional Feminism
Forthcoming/Manuscripts in Progress:
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“Scholar Activism Required: Teaching Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies in the U.S. South.” MLA, Spring 2027.
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White, Paula and Charles Gonzalez. "Scholar Activist Teaching: Bridging Cultural Responsiveness in Pedagogy and Curriculum,” Spring/Summer 2027.
Book Chapters:
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"Othermothering and the Black Maternal in Their Eyes Were Watching God" in Othermothering and Community Mothering. Demeter Press, February 2026: 73-89.
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"Navigating the Ivory Tower: A Community Approach” in When Will the Joy Come: Black Women in the Ivory Tower. University of Massachusetts Press, 2023: 130-42.
Articles:
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“Individualism and the Pull of Tradition in Things Fall Apart and The Joys of Motherhood” in Achebe’s Women: Imagism and Power. African Press, 2012: 301-08.
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“White Faces in Black Spaces: The Dilemma of William Styron’s Nat Turner” in Black Magnolias: A Literary Journal. (Vol. 6.1) Spring 2012: 5-16.