Takina Walker
Cooper-Du Bois Fellow
Preferred Pronouns: she/her/hers
Burrowes Building
Burrowes Building
Mailroom: 430 Burrowes Building
Mailroom: 430 Burrowes Building
Mailroom: 430 Burrowes Building
Education
Dual-title PhD, Pennsylvania State University, English & African American and Diaspora Studies, forthcoming
M.A., Pennsylvania State University, English, 2024
B.A., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, English/ Literary Studies Option
Professional Bio
Takina Walker is a dual-title PhD student in English and African American and Diaspora Studies at Penn State University. As both a scholar and creative writer, her work centers on Black women’s literature with a special focus on 20th-century African American romance. She explores how race, gender, and sexuality intersect in romantic narratives, drawing connections within the Black literary imagination and its transformative possibilities.