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Yomaira C. Figueroa
Yomaira C. Figueroa is an assistant professor of Afro-diaspora studies in the Department of English at Michigan State University. Written through the lens of decoloniality, women o...view moreYomaira C. Figueroa is an assistant professor of Afro-diaspora studies in the Department of English at Michigan State University. Written through the lens of decoloniality, women of color feminisms, and feminist philosophy, her forthcoming book, Decolonizing Diasporas: Radical Mappings of Afro-Atlantic Literature (Northwestern University Press, 2020), examines the textual, historical, and political relations between diasporic/exilic Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, and Equatoguinean poetics. Her published work can be found in Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society, CENTRO: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, and SX Salon. A scholar and organizer, she is a founder of the MSU Womxn of Color Initiative and of the collaborative hurricane recovery project #ProyectoPalabrasPR.view less