Bettina Judd is a poet, scholar, and artist who in her work, infuses her interest in gender, social justice, and spirituality. She is an alumna of Spelman College (BA Comparative Women’s Studies and English), and the University of Maryland (MA Women’s Studies), and is currently pursuing her doctorate in Women’s Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. An accomplished poet, she is also a Cave Canem fellow and has lectured and read at numerous venues in the Washington, DC Metro area.Bettina Judd’s poetry can be found in the online Literary Journal Torch, and in Cave Canem’s 11th commemorative anthology XI. Her research on lesbian genders and southern rap music can be found in a forthcoming anthology Geechee to Gumbo: Black Southern Lesbian Culture & Politics.Ms. Judd’s current scholarly research explores affectivity and feminist politics of U.S. Black Women’s poetry, visual art, and literature. Her current poetry and visual art project is a series of poems and block prints titled Patient. This project explores the history of gynecological experimentation on Black women in the U.S. and the generational traumas that such practices have caused.
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