Judy Strathearn

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Judy Strathearn

Senior Lecturer of Gender Institute of Teaching and Advocacy

Gender Institute for Teaching and Advocacy

Office Hours

Fall 2025
In-person
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:30 pm - 2 pm
Virtual Office Hours: Wednesdays 10 am - 11:30 am (Teams)

Biography

Dr. Strathearn holds a BS in Communications from Rochester Institute of Technology, a BA in Ethnic Literature (IDP) from Metro and an MA and Ph.D. from the University of Colorado at Boulder in English. Currently, Lecturer in the Gender, Women's and Sexualities Studies (GITA) and affiliate faculty in the Department of Africana Studies.

Research Interests

    Her research interests include Gullah Studies, Gullah Womanism and Black Feminism, and narrative strategies of Black women writers of the Diaspora. Her teaching philosophy is rooted in experiential education as a methodology to increase African Diaspora cultural knowledge and community contributions and multidisciplinary pedagogical strategies for online learning.

Teaching Interests

    African American literature, culture, and folklore. Gullah studies. Narratives of enslavement.

Education

PhD in English Literature

University of Colorado at Boulder

MA in English Literature

University of Colorado at Boulder

BA in Ethnic Literature (IDP)

Metropolitan State College of Denver

BS in Professional and Technical Communications

Rochester Institute of Technology