Feminist Theory, African American Rhetoric, Women's Studies, Hip-Hop Culture

“It’s Bigger than Comp/Rhet: Contested and Undisciplined,” (Written Version of the April 2011 CCCC Convention Chair’s Address) College Composition and Communication 63:2 (2011) 301-313.

“2011 CCCC Chair’s Letter,” College Composition and Communication 63:2 (2011) 328-333.

“What It Do, Shorty?: Women, Hip-Hop and a Feminist Agenda,” Black Women, Gender & Families:Women’s Studies and Black Studies Journal 1:2 (2007) 78-99.

“ ‘Each One, Pull One’: Womanist Rhetoric and Black Feminist Pedagogy in the Writing Classroom.” Teaching Rhetorica: Theory, Pedagogy, Practice. eds. Kate Ronald and Joy Ritchie. Portsmouth NH: Heinemann-Boynton/Cook. 2006.

FEMSPEC: an Interdisciplinary Feminist Journal Dedicated to Critical and Creative Works in the Realms of SF, Fantasy, Magical Realism, Surrealism, Myth, Folklore and other Supernatural Genres. Special Issue: Speculative Black Women: Magic, Fantasy, and the Supernatural. Co- edited with Yolanda Hood 6.1 (2005).

“Editorial Remarks: Speculative Black Women: Magic, Fantasy, and the Supernatural,” equally coauthored with Yolanda Hood FEMSPEC 6.1 (2005) ix – xvi.

"Personal Narrative and Rhetorics of Black Womanhood in Hip-Hop.” Rhetoric and Ethnicity, eds. Keith Gilyard and Vorris Nunley. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann-Boynton/Cook, 2004. 111-118.

“Rhetoric That Should Have Moved the People: Rethinking the Black Panther Party” African-American Rhetoric(s): Interdisciplinary Perspectives eds. Ronald Jackson and Elaine Richardson. Carbondale: Southern Illinois U P. 2004. 59-72.

“Do the Ladies Run This . . .? Some Thoughts on Hip Hop Feminism.” Catching a Wave: Reclaiming Feminism for the 21st Century, eds. Rory Dicker and Alison Piepmeier, Northeastern U P, 2003. 232-243.

“Confronting and Changing Images and Representations of Black Womanhood in Rap Music.” Get It Together: Readings about African American Life. eds. Akua Duku Anokye and Jacqueline Brice- Finch. New York: Longman Publishers, 2003. 81-84.

“Love Feminism, But Where’s My Hip-Hop: Shaping A Black Feminist Identity.” Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism. eds. Daisy Hernandez and Bushra Rehman. Seattle: Seal Press, 2002. 85 – 95.

“Empowering Rhetoric: Black Students Writing Black Panthers.” College Composition and Communication 53:3 (2002) 466-486.

“Seeds and Legacies: Tapping the Potential in Hip-Hop,” Doula: The Journal of Rap Music and
Hip-Hop Culture 1:2 (2001) 26 –29.