Dr. Davis's research focuses on the literary productions of Black women in the Americas. She is particularly interested in the intersections of the literatures of the Caribbean, the United States and Canada and her work encourages an intertextual cross-cultural dialogue about Black women's experiences in diaspora. She is the author of Horizon, Sea, Sound: Caribbean and African Women’s Cultural Critiques of Nation (Northwestern University Press, 2022) and co-editor with Carl E. James of Jamaica in the Canadian Experience: A Multiculturalizing Presence (Fernwood 2012).
Country(ies) or Region(s) of Specialization: Jamaica, Canada, Caribbean diaspora in Canada
Keywords: Caribbean, African American and Black Canadian Literatures and Theatre, Social Histories of the African Diaspora, Black Cultural Studies; Anti-Racist Feminism; Black Youth Studies