​Janelle Poe

Lost & Found Archival Research Fellow

A PhD candidate in the English department, Janelle Poe’s research focuses on race and its intersections in African Diaspora, adaptation, film and media studies. Currently a fellow in the Teaching and Learning Centers at the Graduate Center and City College with teaching experience in English composition, creative writing and Black Studies at City College and Lehman College, she believes in the global right to free, accessible, high-quality education; learning and living communities where equity, diversity, freedom, and love are universal. A DJ and multidisciplinary artist, she has performed at and organized readings in numerous venues including Soul In The Horn, Shrine World Music Venue, and the Breakin’ BLACK Reachin’ Back conference on Black Rhetoric, Hip Hop and DJ Scholarship (2022). Recent publications include “Don’t Front, The 90’s Got You Open: AKA Hip Hop Will Always Be That And Then Some” in Happy Nostalgia: Making Connections With Music of the 90’s edited by David T. Humphries and Justin Rogers-Cooper. A graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and CUNY-City College and lifetime music lover, she loves singing, writing, record shopping, dancing, and making stuff by hand.