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Ms. Alexandria Lockett
received her Bachelor of Arts in English and French from Truman State
University in 2006. Ms. Lockett’s interests include race, class,
gender, and sexuality in American and Francophone cultures. She was
actively involved in the Ronald E. McNair program where she completed a
research design entitled “Sexualizing Oppression?: Portrayals of Black
Women in 21 st Century Interracial Pornography.” This research was
presented at the Heartland Conference in Kansas City, MO, the
MABHE ( Missouri Association for Blacks in Higher
Education) Conference in Columbia, MO, and the Undergraduate
Research Conference at Truman State University (2006). This
research has also been published in the Spring 2006 McNair Scholarly
Review. Other papers include “The Story of Algeria: How Women
Secured Its Independence,” presented at the Women and Gender
Studies Conference at Truman State University (2006), and “Eli
Clare as a Queer Queer: Gender and Disability” (2005). Finally,
at the English Senior Seminar University-wide Conference at Truman
State University, she presented a paper entitled “Terrorism,
Fashion, and Illusions: A Materialist Critique of American Culture in
B.E. Ellis’s Glamorama” (2005). Ms. Lockett is pursuing an MA in
English (Literary and Cultural Studies) with a concentration in
American studies.
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