Books By Jennifer L. Richardson, Mariam Konaté, Staci Perryman-Clark - Author

Dr. Jennifer L. Richardson is Associate Professor of African American and African Studies at Western Michigan University. As a Black feminist sociologist, her work focuses on intergenerational African Ring Shout healing circles as pedagogical and methodological approaches, Africana women’s collective healing as a socio- political path to the recovery of self, and the ways Black women navigate the intersections of media, beauty, and identity. Dr. Mariam Konaté is a Professor of African American and African Studies and of Gender and Women’s Studies at Western Michigan University. Her research interests include the experiences of Continental African immigrants in the USA, the relevance of father absence to African American women’s heterosexual dating experiences, skin bleaching, comparative literature and cultural studies, African epics, and Post-Colonial Studies. Dr. Staci M. Perryman- Clark is Interim Dean of Merze Tate College and Professor of English and African American Studies at Western Michigan Univ