Omaris Z. Zamora is a transnational Black Dominican Studies scholar and spoken-word poet. Her research interests include: theorizing AfroLatinidad in the context of race, gender, sexuality through Afro-diasporic approaches. Her forthcoming book, Cigüapa Unbound: AfroLatina Feminist Epistemologies of Tranceformation examines the transnational Black Dominican narratives put forth in the work of Firelei Baez, Elizabeth Acevedo, Nelly Rosario, Ana Lara, Loida Maritza Pérez, Josefina Baez, Cardi B, and La Bella Chanel. Zamora pays close attention to how they embody their blackness, produce knowledge, and shift the geographies of black feminism. Her work has been published in Small Axe, The Black Scholar, Post45, Latinx Talk, Label Me Latina/o, among others and has been featured on Telemundo Chicago, the New Jersey State Ledger, NPR’s Alt.Latino podcast, ABC Chicago’s Windy City Live, and on VICE. She fuses her poetry with her scholarly work as a way of contributing to a black poetic approach to cultural studies.
Courses:
- LCS 312/AFR 302: Poetics of Black Diasporas
- LCS 302/AFR 402: Dominican Transnational Cultures: DominicanYork