
Paula White
Assistant Professor
Languages & Literature
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Contact
- whitep@apsu.edu
- 931-221-7864
- Harned Hall Room HH 235
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Ph.D. English, University of Arkansas
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M.A. English, Jackson State University
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B.A. English, Jackson State University
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African American Literature
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Black Feminist Literary Studies
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Black Feminisms
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African American Studies
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Southern Literature
In Press/Forthcoming:
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"Othermothering and the Black Maternal in Their Eyes Were Watching God" in Othermothering and Community Mothering. Demeter Press, Winter 2025/Spring 2026.
Book Chapters:
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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.