Andrew Mellon Professor of Humanities
Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies
Writer-in-Residence

(she/her/hers)

Office: Buttrick 230

Email: alice.randall@vanderbilt.edu

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Education

• BA – Harvard University

Specializations

• Soul food
• African American children's literature
• African American film
• Creative writing

Biography

Professor Randall is the author of four published novels and has produced screenplays, the groundbreaking Ada's App, and is an award-winning songwriter. Her most recent work focuses on investigating ways that the arts can be used to battle health disparity in the United States and around the globe.

Portfolio

• Ada’s Rules (Bloomsbury USA, 2012)
• Rebel Yell (Bloomsbury USA, 2009)