ABOUT
Domale Dube Keys, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Alberta. She is a transborder Black feminist scholar whose work aims to reshape discourse around issues of organizing, race, gender, and sexuality to support movement-building around the globe for social and environmental justice.
Her ethnographic research has documented the experiences of Black women and immigrants who are involved in transnational nonviolent organizing. Her recent work pushes for a critical theory of violence based on her work with Black indigenous communities and research on sexual violence organizing in higher education. Her current book manuscript on Ogoni women’s organizing was awarded the National Women’s Studies Association’s First Book Prize and is forthcoming with the University of Illinois Press.
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Dr. Keys received an M.Ed. from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in Social Science and Comparative Education from the University of California Los Angeles. She also earned a graduate certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies from UCLA and has been recognized for her work through a fellowship from the International Center for Nonviolent Conflict. Previously, Dr. Keys taught courses in topics ranging from Labor Studies to Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Virginia, the University of California Los Angeles and the University of Arizona. She is a proud Ogoni native of Nigeria and a resident of Turtle Island also known as North America.
For more information, visit University of Alberta's Faculty page.