Biography
Chasia’s research prioritizes the narratives and perspectives of Black women in the contexts of resistance, irrationality, truth, and community building/kinship. She historicizes the everyday resistance of Black women, using storytelling, memory, literature, poetry, emotions, and the body as archives to produce counter-histories while critiquing and developing theoretical arguments. She is particularly interested in the historical and contemporary relationship between irrationality and Black femininity and seeks to emphasize race in current conversations in crip and affect theory. Her passion for advocacy, especially legal advocacy, allows her to investigate ideas of credibility, bodily autonomy, ability, gender, and race in relation to legal issues, such as reproductive rights, gender-based violence, and environmental racism.
Chasia received her B.A. in Law, History, & Culture with a minor in Gender & Social Justice from the University of Southern California where she was a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow. She plans to concurrently study in UC Irvine’s School of Law’s J.D. Program.
Chasia received her B.A. in Law, History, & Culture with a minor in Gender & Social Justice from the University of Southern California where she was a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow. She plans to concurrently study in UC Irvine’s School of Law’s J.D. Program.