About

Jamie Hickner (she/her/hers) is an English Lecturer and an Anisfield-Wolf Teaching Fellow. She writes and teaches about race, transnational and world literature, cultural production by the African diaspora, and educational equity. Current projects include editing a collection of pedagogy essays on the works of Anisfield-Wolf Book Award-winning writers, researching the history of the prize, and writing a book on transnational African writers. Jamie served as the Associate Director of the Baker-Nord Center and on the faculty at Southern Oregon University, where she taught writing and literature, directed the college bridge program, and supervised Masters in Teaching students. Jamie also worked in the nonprofit sector in New York City, taught at an international school in Stuttgart, studied abroad in Shanghai, and taught in the South Bronx through Teach for America. She earned a BA (English and Political Science), MA (English), and PhD (American Studies) from Purdue University and an MUP (Urban Planning) from New York University. She enjoys spending time with her family, reading, hiking, gardening, knitting, and traveling.