Alumni Ashley Crooks-Allen is a Sociology Ph.D. candidate at the University of Georgia, where they focus on Black immigrant identity and social movements. Their dissertation is tentatively titled, “Mestizaje Undone: A Qualitative Social Media Analysis of Afro-Latinx Identity & Social Movements.” This work will take a qualitative approach to understanding how Afro-Latinx people use social media to make identity claims in relation to the Black Lives Matter Movement. Their master's research focused on Afro-Caribbean Identity & Experiences with the Black Lives Matter Movement in Georgia. They also completed a certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies. They graduated from Emory University with a major in creative writing and a minor in sociology. At Emory, they were a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow. They are from Irvington, NJ and are of Afro-Costa Rican descent. What happens when Afro-Latinx people enter the U.S. context with completely different notions of race? Their interest in Black migratory identity formation came from living the effects of their parents migrating to the U.S. and settling into Black prescribed spaces. In conjunction with academia, they also devote time to spoken word poetry and activism. Education Education: The University of Georgia [Spring 2019] M.A. in Sociology Thesis: “Out of Many, One People”: Afro-Caribbean Experiences and Identity Formation in the Black Lives Matter Era Committee: Dr. Patricia Richards (Chair), Dr. Pablo Lapegna, Dr. Justine Tinkler The University of Georgia [Spring 2019] Graduate Certificate in Women's & Gender Studies Emory University [Fall 2015] B.A. in Creative Writing/English Minor in Sociology Research Research Areas: Race and Ethnicity Social Movements Culture Research Interests: Race & Ethnicity, Social Movements, Gender, Qualitative Methods, Afro-Latinx Studies, Afro-Caribbean Studies, Social Media Selected Publications Selected Publications: Maryann Erigha & Ashley Crooks-Allen (2020) Digital Communities of Black Girlhood: New Media Technologies and Online Discourses of Empowerment, The Black Scholar, 50:4, 66-76, DOI: 10.1080/00064246.2020.1811601 Awards, Honors, and Recognition Of Note: FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS UGA Graduate School Phelps-Stokes Graduate Fellowship 2021 UGA Willson Center Graduate Research Award. 2021 AGEP Alliance Bridge to Academia Fellowship. 2021 University of Maryland Mellon-funded Diaspora Studies Seminar 2020 RED Seed Grant - UGA Center for Research and Engagement in Diversity 2020 UGA Institute for African American Studies Lee Roy B. Giles Award 2020 UGA Willson Center Shelter Projects: Micro-Fellowship 2020 UGA Graduate School Summer Doctoral Research Assistantship 2020 BIMI Summer Institute in Migration Research Methods 2020 Mellon Graduate Studies Enhancement Grant 2019 RED Seed Grant - UGA Center for Research and Engagement in Diversity 2017 University of Georgia Graduate School Research Assistantship 2016 Moore Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program 2015 Mellon Mays Undergraduate Research Fellowship 2014 Courses Regularly Taught Courses Regularly Taught: SOCI(AFAM) 2020 SOCI(AFAM) 2820 SOCI 3250 SOCI 1101
