Ruthie Block
Fugitivity Studies; 19th - 21st Century African American and Black Diasporic Literature; Black Feminist Archival Studies; Black Print Culture
Tufts University, B.A. Africana Studies; B.A. English
Ruthie Block is a PhD student in English and African American Studies and a graduate fellow at the Yale Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration (RITM), a Black Bibliography Project Fellow and a Graduate Writing Fellow at the Yale Poorvu Center. Ruthie’s research applies fugitivity studies to Black print culture studies, with a particular focus on Black feminist book histories.
Prior to starting graduate school, Ruthie worked in non-fiction book publishing for four years at Beacon Press. They received a B.A. from Tufts University in 2021.
Department:
Combined Ph.D. with English Language & Literature