Education
University of Maryland, College Park (PhD)
Towson University (MA)
Goucher College (BA)
Dr. Kalima Young
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
Feminist film theory, Black film criticism, narrative production, film history
Biography
Dr. Kalima Young is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronic Media and
Film where she teaches Principles of Film and Media Production and African American
Cinema. She received her PhD in American Studies from the University of Maryland,
College Park. Her scholarship explores the impact of race and gender-based trauma
on Black identity, media, and Black cultural production. A videographer and writer,
Ms. Young has written, produced and directed two feature films Grace Haven (2006), Lessons Learned (2009) as well as several political campaign videos.
A gender-rights activist, Dr. Young is on the leadership team for the FORCE: Upsetting
Rape Culture’s Monument Quilt Project, a collection of stories of survivors of rape
and sexual abuse. Collecting over 6,000 quilt squares from across the nation. She
is also a member of Rooted, a Black LGBTQ healing collective. Additionally, Dr. Young
is a frequent host on local radio where she provides media and cultural criticism.
Her publications include: “We Will Survive: Race and Gender-Based Trauma as Cultural Truth-Telling”. Feminist Perspectives on Orange Is the New Black: Thirteen Critical Essays. Eds. April Kalogeropoulos Householder and Adrienne Trier-Bieniek, NC: McFarland Publishers (2016); “Emancipating the Past, Spectacularizing the Present: Kara Walker, Slavery and Representations of Cultural Trauma.” Powerlines Journal, 3.1 (2015); and “Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation (1863) and the March on Washington (1963)” Powerlines Journal 2.1 (2014).
Her new manuscript, Mediated Misogynoir: The Erasure of Black Women and Girls’ Pain the Public Imagination is scheduled to be release by Rowman and Littlefield’s Lexington Books in Spring 2020.