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Mollie Godfrey

Director of Graduate Studies & Professor

James Madison University

Affiliations

College of Arts and Letters

Department of English

Mollie Godfrey is currently serving as a College Of Arts And Letters Director of Graduate Studies & Professor at James Madison University.

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James Madison University

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african american studies critical race theory literature black experience literary criticism narrative african identity ethnic studies intersectionality black politics black feminism racial studies social justice anti-racism social history american studies feminist studies white supremacy culture history american literature feminist identity race relations contemporary racism political correctness cultural history historiography modern literature western american literature early republic historical review women's studies digital mediums project management digital scholarship contemporary drama contemporary fiction historical methodology historical analysis historical evidence stakeholder engagement community building participatory design community practice education early american literature narrative and identity narrative representation first-person narratives racial politics proletarian fiction john steinbeck philip roth post-racial passing black humanisms protest fiction debate neo-slave narrative miserable revenge brave humanism black women jane crow single story lorraine hansberry neo-passing narrative feminist theory gender studies

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A Miserable Revenge: A Story of Life in Virginia (Ca. 1876–77). JMU Libraries (2025)

historical reviewhistorical analysiswestern american literaturesocial historyhistorical methodologymiserable revengeearly republiccultural historyhistoryliteratureliterary criticismhistoriographyhistorical evidence

Brave Humanism: Black Women Rewriting the Human in the Age of Jane Crow. (2025)

american literatureethnic studiesafrican american studieshumanitiesblack womenbrave humanismracegender studiesafrican identitysocial historyintersectionalityblack experiencefeminist theoryfeminist studiesfeminist identityracial studiesfeminist philosophyjane crowamerican studieswomen's studiesblack feminismcritical race theory

Race, Space, and Celebrating Simms: Mapping Strategies for Black Feminist Biographical Recovery. Routledge eBooks (2024)

race relationsintersectionalityblack feminismblack experiencefeminist theorysociologyracegender studiesethnic studiesfeminist studiesafrican identityfeminist criminologycritical race theoryafrican american studiesracial studiesmapping strategies

Facts and Fictions: Imperium in Imperio and the Politics of Early Black Speculative Fiction. CLA Journal (2022)

Mollie Godfrey

literary theoryhumanitiesblack politicsnarrativeliterary historyblack experienceearly american literatureafrican american studiesliteratureliterary criticism

4 Getting Graphic With Kindred: The Neo-Slave Narrative of the Black Lives Matter Movement. University of Washington Press eBooks (2020)

Mollie Godfrey

anti-racismblack politicsintersectionalitynarrativeblack experienceblack feminismneo-slave narrativewhite supremacyculturecritical race theoryafrican american studiessocial justice

Conversations With Lorraine Hansberry. University Press of Mississippi (2020)

lorraine hansberrycontemporary dramaenglishamerican literaturefeminist identityliterary criticismdramaturgyvictorian literaturecontemporary fictionliteratureliterary theory

Celebrating Simms: Multiplying the Single Story in Community Engagement Projects. Public: A Journal of Imagining America (2018)

communicationcommunity practice educationnarrativeproject managementparticipatory designsingle storycommunity engagementdigital scholarshipdigital mediumscommunity buildingcommunity developmentcommunity-engaged researchstakeholder engagementjournalism

INTRODUCTION: The Neo-Passing Narrative. University of Illinois Press (2018)

narrative representationliterary theoryhumanitiesnarrative and identitynarrativetextual practiceneo-passing narrativefirst-person narrativesliteratureliterary criticism

Neo-Passing: Performing Identity After Jim Crow. University of Illinois Press (2018)

american studiesanti-racismwhite supremacyethnic studiesjim crowafrican identitysocial sciencescritical race theoryafrican american studiesidentity (social science)

Passing as Post-Racial: The Human Stain, Political Correctness, and the Post-Racial Passing Narrative. Contemporary Literature (2018)

race relationsethnic studiespolitical correctnessafrican american studiessocial justicehumanitiesracehuman stainafrican identitypostcolonial writingcritical race theorynarrativewhite supremacyracial studiescontemporary racismracial discriminationamerican studiesculturepost-racial passing narrative

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Mollie Godfrey

Director of Graduate Studies & Professor

James Madison University

Affiliations

College of Arts and Letters

Department of English

Mollie Godfrey is currently serving as a College Of Arts And Letters Director of Graduate Studies & Professor at James Madison University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Mollie Godfrey

James Madison University

Director of Graduate Studies & Professor

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

A Miserable Revenge: A Story of Life in Virginia (Ca. 1876–77). JMU Libraries (2025)

Brave Humanism: Black Women Rewriting the Human in the Age of Jane Crow. (2025)

Race, Space, and Celebrating Simms: Mapping Strategies for Black Feminist Biographical Recovery. Routledge eBooks (2024)

Facts and Fictions: Imperium in Imperio and the Politics of Early Black Speculative Fiction. CLA Journal (2022)

Mollie Godfrey

literary theoryhumanitiesblack politicsnarrativeliterary historyblack experienceearly american literatureafrican american studiesliteratureliterary criticism

4 Getting Graphic With Kindred: The Neo-Slave Narrative of the Black Lives Matter Movement. University of Washington Press eBooks (2020)

Mollie Godfrey

anti-racismblack politicsintersectionalitynarrativeblack experienceblack feminismneo-slave narrativewhite supremacyculturecritical race theoryafrican american studiessocial justice

Conversations With Lorraine Hansberry. University Press of Mississippi (2020)

lorraine hansberrycontemporary dramaenglishamerican literaturefeminist identityliterary criticismdramaturgyvictorian literaturecontemporary fictionliteratureliterary theory

Celebrating Simms: Multiplying the Single Story in Community Engagement Projects. Public: A Journal of Imagining America (2018)

INTRODUCTION: The Neo-Passing Narrative. University of Illinois Press (2018)

narrative representationliterary theoryhumanitiesnarrative and identitynarrativetextual practiceneo-passing narrativefirst-person narrativesliteratureliterary criticism

Neo-Passing: Performing Identity After Jim Crow. University of Illinois Press (2018)

american studiesanti-racismwhite supremacyethnic studiesjim crowafrican identitysocial sciencescritical race theoryafrican american studiesidentity (social science)

Passing as Post-Racial: The Human Stain, Political Correctness, and the Post-Racial Passing Narrative. Contemporary Literature (2018)

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