Keturah Nix

Keturah Nix earned her Ph.D. and M.A. in American studies from Purdue University after earning a B.A. in English at Tuskegee University. Her research and teaching focus on 19^th and 20^th century African American literature and culture, Booker T. Washington, Black women writers, activism & social movements, Black popular culture, and Black intellectual thought. She is the co-editor of Milestone Documents in African American History (2nd ed., Greyhouse, 2017). Dr. Nix has served as an assistant professor of English at Kentucky State University since 2020, and her service there included acting division chairperson for literature, languages, and philosophy