Literature and Criticism Ph.D. Student 

Email: tjldc@iup.edu 

Dayton, OH | Freeport, FL

Website: 

• Tabitha Parker

Positions: 

• Associate Professor at Clark State College (Springfield, OH)

Research Interests: 

• African American Literature, Afrofuturism, Trauma Theory, Archival Research, Critical Race Theory, and Gender Studies

Book Recommendations: 

• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

  • "Important past history of the U.S."

• The Binti Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor

  •  "Beautiful possible future of the world and beyond."