Dasharah Green

Presidential Research Fellow (PS2)

Dasharah Green (she/ her/ hers) Former PS2 Presidential Research Fellow, Public Scholarship (2023-2026). Dr. Dasharah Green was the inaugural PS2 Presidential Research Fellow from Fall 2023 to Spring 2025. She is an Assistant Professor of English and the Writing Center Director at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Green holds a Ph.D. in English from the CUNY Graduate Center.

Dasharah was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She uses experiences growing up in her, pre-gentrified, Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood as a backdrop to explore the intersections of Blackness. Her early interests trickled down to inspire her academic career as she went on to earn a Bachelor’s degree in English honors, with a double minor in Africana Studies honors and Political Science, from John Jay College. In May 2020, Dasharah graduated from St. John’s University with a Master’s degree in English. She is currently an adjunct in Baruch College’s Black and Latino/a Studies Department. As a Ph.D. candidate in the English department, Dasharah is currently working on her dissertation – which explores the genealogy of Black women’s storytelling, from the early 20th century to present day. She is specifically focusing on how these writers contribute to a borderless literary culture and reimagine/rethorize archival materials as a means of storytelling.