Lucy Mensah

Research Area

• 20th Century African American Literature & Visual Art
• Women's and Gender Studies
• Migration Studies
• Black Modernity & Modernism
• Theories of Place
• Trauma Studies
• Current Courses:   Constructions of Place, English 102W, Literature & Analytical Thinking (Fall 2012)

Professional Societies

• Modern Language Association

Professional Honors

• Harvard University's Institute for World Literature, Summer 2012 (Bilgi University-Istanbul, Turkey)
• Turkish Cultural Foundation (TCF) Cultural Exchange Fellowship (2012)
• Harold Stirling Vanderbilt Graduate Scholarship, Vanderbilt University (2011-2016)
• University of Pittsburgh Hot Metal Bridge Fellowship Program (2010-2011)
• Raymond Williams English Department Scholarship, Carnegie Mellon University (2009-2010)
• AmeriCorps Education Award, New Orleans (2009)