


She is from the suburbs of New Orleans, which immensely impacts her work. Black feminism and her Southern familial experiences with storytelling influence her approach to her research areas, which include African American fiction and autobiography, African literature, Black leadership/activism, Black Southern studies, and the Harlem Renaissance. She is the award-winning author and editor of six books, including See Me Naked: Black Women Defining Pleasure During the Interwar Era as well as the co-curator of the Triad Black Lives Matter Collection housed at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Green is a literature and interdisciplinary scholar with degrees in English. Naked : Black Women Defining Pleasure in the Interwar Era PDF.

She also has a joint appointment in the English department. See Me Naked : Black Women Defining Pleasure in the Interwar Era. Green is the CLASS Distinguished Professor and Chair of African American Studies.
