IU School of Liberal Arts

Ronda C. Henry Anthony

Campus Address: Cavanaugh Hall 501N
Phone: (317) 278-0885
Email: ronhenry@iupui.edu
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Appointments

Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies
Public Scholar of African American Studies and Undergraduate Research

Education

B.A. DePauw University 1990,
M.A. Loyola University Chicago 1995,
Ph.D. Loyola University Chicago 2004

Academic Interests

American Literature/Studies
African, African-American, and American Literature
Gender Studies

Teaching

Courses in English include early American literature, 19th century American literature, African American literature, the Harlem Renaissance, and Black masculinities
Courses in Africana Studies include Deconstructing Barbie, Hip Hop, Race, and Gender, and Africana Studies Research Methods.

Publications

"The Gendered Politics of Pan-Africanism, Religion, and Power in the Writings of W.E.B. Du Bois" in The Souls of W.E.B. Du Bois: New Essays and Reflections, edited by Jason R. Young and Edward J. Blum, published Spring 2009
Searching for the New Black Man: Black Masculinity and Women's Bodies, forthcoming book from University Press of Mississippi, Fall/Winter 2012