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Chanara Andrews-Bickers

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PhD Candidate
Assistant Director, Willis Center for Writing
First-Year Writing Instructor
Multicultural Literature Instructor

A graduate of Spelman College (B.A. English, 2019) with a concentration in Black Cultural Studies, Chanara Andrews-Bickers is a doctoral candidate in the English Department. She serves as Assistant Director of the Willis Center for Writing and President of UGA's Graduate and Professional Scholars (GAPS). Chanara is interested in contemporary African American Literature and Culture, and has earned a graduate certificate in the Institute for African American Studies. Her research examines the centrality of care in Black women's reading and writing communities.

Education:

Graduate Certificate in African American Studies, University of Georgia, 2020

Institute for African American Studies

B.A., Spelman College, 2019 | magna cum laude

Ethel Wadell Githii Honors Program

A.A., Polk State College, 2016

Dual Enrollment Program

Of note:

Mary Lynn Oliver and Matthew Alan Hunt Graduate Studies Fellowship in English. 2023.

Humanities Without Walls-University of Michigan Pre-Doctoral Career Diversity Fellowship. 2022.

Southeastern Conference Emerging Scholar. 2021.

R. Baxter Miller Award in African American and Multicultural Literature, University of Georgia Department of English. 2021.

Lee Roy B. Giles Encouragement Award, University of Georgia Institute for African American Studies. 2020.

Gateway to Graduate School Bridge Program, University of Georgia. 2019.

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