Pheolyn Allen

Professional Bio

Pheolyn Allen is a Bunton-Waller Fellow and joined the Center for Black Digital Research as a #DigBlk Scholar in the Fall of 2021 at Penn State University. They hold a Bachelor's degree in Media Arts from the University of North Texas, where they served as an instructor for the UNT Media Arts Lab, educating marginalized communities and foster youth in media pedagogy and filmmaking techniques. They are now pursuing their MA and Ph.D in English Literature and African-American Studies in Penn State's Department of English. Their research areas include Afrofuturism, contemporary African-American fiction, the Harlem Renaissance, Afro Diasporic Religions, Queer Theory, and cultural narratives of queer and transgender communities.