Chanara Andrews-Bickers

A graduate of Spelman College (B.A. English, 2019) with a concentration in Black Cultural Studies, Chanara Andrews-Bickers is a fifth-year doctoral candidate in the English Department. She serves as Assistant Director of theWillis Center for Writing and President of UGA's Graduate and Professional Scholars (GAPS). Chanara is interested in twentieth- and twenty-first century African Diasporic Literature and Culture, and has earned a graduate certificate in the Institute for African American Studies. Her research engages how Black writers use self-scrutiny and self-exploration in order to develop individual or collective ethics.