Research Interests
My research interests include African American History which includes Literature & Culture as it intersects with women, gender, sexuality and popular culture. Specifically, I am interested in the historical and literary impact of women writers of the The Black Arts Movement.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Temple University, 2024
Clarkson, O Alonge; Words of Truth: Phillis Wheatley's Influence on Black Women Poets of The Black Arts Movement (BAM)
Callaloo Special Edition, Vol 42:3, 2024
Clarkson, O Alonge; Dirty Computer: An Afrocentric Analysis of Afrofuturism; Afrocentricity in AfroFuturism Toward Afrocentric Futurism
Edited by Aaron X. Smith, November 2023
Clarkson, O Alonge; Healed
2022 Featured Poets Anthology- 27th Edition Feb 2023
Clarkson, O Alonge; my love, their minds, our garden
2021 Featured Poets, Anthology-26th Edition Feb 2022
Memberships
American Education Research Conference (AERA)
Assoc. for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)
National Council for Black Studies (NCBS)
National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE)
Presentations
Black Women's Visions of Sankofa: The Black Arts Movement and Black Studies.” Presented at 49th National Council for Black Studies Conference.
Cincinnati, OH, 2025
The Black Arts Movement: Women Writers Imaginings Toward Cultural Truth.” Presented at The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH).
Pittsburgh, PA, 2024
Dirty Computer: An Afrocentric Analysis of Janelle Monae's Emotion Picture.” Presented at 48th National Council for Black Studies Conference.
San Jose, CA, 2024
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