BLACK GIRLS WRITE/RIGHT THE FUTURE!!!
​Karima K. Jeffrey-Legette, Ph.D.

K.K. Jeffrey-Legette is an Associate Professor of English with expertise in African-American Literature, Africana/African Diasporic Studies, Caribbean/Postcolonial Studies, Womanism/Feminist Criticism, and Film Studies.  Her most recent work is in Speculative Fiction:  Speculative Film and Moving Images by or about Black Women and Girls:  Watch It! (2023) and Black Girls Write/Right the Future:  Speculative Fiction by or about Black Women and Girls (in progress).

/ Educator
/ Lecturer
/ Scholar
/ Dreamer

We must imagine and be the change the world needs.

THE ACADEMIC

THE FAN

K.K. Jeffrey-Legette is an educator, writer, and philosopher/literary critic with over 20 years in the professoriate.  Her teaching, presentations, and published articles explore themes of culture/ethnicity and self-actualization. 

K.K. Jeffrey-Legette is a Trekkie fan and comicbook enthusiast.  She has a particular affinity for the Marvel Universe with a growing interest in the DC Multiverse.  Despite her intrigue with the fantastic, she avoids horror but will watch suspense-thrillers.

A few admired authors/directors/screenwriters/producers include:   Octavia Butler, Ryan Coogler, Nia DaCosta, Julie Dash, Samuel R. Delany, J.D. Dillard, Ava Duvernay, Whoopie Goldberg, Jewelle Gomez, Nalo Hopkinson, Zora Neale Hurston, N.K. Jemisin, John Jennings, Gayl Jones, Spike Lee, Kasi Lemmons, Toni Morrison, Gloria Naylor, Nnedi Okorafor,  Jordan Peele, Alice Walker.