Dr. Kalenda Eaton is a tenured Professor in The Clara Luper Department of African and African American Studies and the Associate Dean and Jean Marie Warren Chair in the Honors College, at The University of Oklahoma. She earned her M.A and Ph.D. from The Ohio State University, and a B.A. from Dillard University.
Dr. Eaton is an accomplished humanites scholar whose reasearch focuses on studies of Oklahoma and the American west; intersections of Black literary studies and cultural history; digital humanites, and women's studies. She is a Fulbright fellow and has served as president of the Western Literature Asociation and on several professional boards and committees. She has over twenty years of experience in academic leadership and student-centered program development.
Courses commonly taught: The Black West (w/HIST); Africa and the Diaspora; Black Feminism and Womanism (w/WGS); Introduction to African & African American Studies; and additional courses focused on arts & humanities.
