Recent Publications:

  • “The Unbearable Whiteness of Lesbian Studies.” Feminists Talk Whiteness Eds. Leigh-Anne Francis and Janet Gray. New York: Routledge, 2024. 91-103.

  • “I Am a Lesbian: Black Queer Subjectivities in The Watermelon Woman and Pariah. Women, Gender, and Families of Color. 10.2 (Fall 2022): 118-140.

  • “Barbara Grier, The Naiad Press, and the Enduring Whiteness of Lesbian Publishing.”

    FSU Museum of Fine Artshttp://lgbtoralhistory.create.fsu.edu/naiadpress/uncategorized/allen/. June 2022.

  • “Dear Jewelle: A Letter to My Black Lesbian Literary Foremother.” Archeion: Journal of Queer

     Archives. May 2022, 30.

Download a PDF version of Dr. Allen’s full C.V. below:

 Curriculum Vitae