Lydia Kelow-Bennett

Lydia Kelow-Bennett is an assistant professor in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. Her areas of teaching and research interest include U.S. Black feminist thought, U.S. Black popular culture, and Black cultural studies. She is currently working on a book manuscript that critically examines Black feminist engagements with Black popular culture in the 21st century.

Dr. Kelow-Bennett has served on the Governing Council of the National Women’s Studies Association as Co-Chair of the Women of Color Caucus, and is currently on the Advisory Board of the Women of Color Leadership Project through NWSA. She is also trained as a doula, and cares deeply about reproductive justice and Black parental and infant health outcomes.