Dr. Reanae McNeal is an Assistant Professor in Africana Studies and Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies. Her research involves decolonial and holistic approaches to accentuating the lived experiences and healing activism of Afro-Indigenous, African American, and Indigenous women, and Black enslaved/freedwomen as well as U.S. Women of Color(s). Thus, her research also focuses on the interrelated histories of African Americans and Native Americans, Womanism/Womanist Spiritual Activism, Digital Ethnic Studies/Digital Humanities, and Health/Healing justice. McNeal promotes social-healing change, advances cross-cultural understanding, cultivates restorative and transformative justice, and fosters the healing of deep wounds through radical love and transformation. McNeal's research-based creative work and scholarly endeavors address such topics as diverse (her)stories, resiliency, faith, spirituality, healing, and mental wellness. Her scholarly-creative work also addresses individual, generational, historical, community, societal, and colonial trauma as well as advocating for communities of care. McNeal is currently completing her book on the (her)stories of Afro-Indigenous Women's Survivance that underscores the activist endeavors of Black and Native women. She is the recipient of the NCTE Early Career Educator of Color award and selected as one of OSU's Center for the Humanities Research Group Fellows for the 2022-2023 academic year. Her work has also been supported by the prestigious Catherine Prelinger Award from the Coordinating Council for Women in History.

Research Interests:

Afro-Indigenous Studies
Afro-Indigenous Women's Survivance and Activism

Interrelated Histories of African Americans and Native Americans
Africana/African American Studies
Womanist Studies

Black Women's Studies
U.S. Women of Color(s) Activism
Enslaved Women/Freedwomen
Black and Indigenous Digital Studies
BlPOC Women's Activism
Women's Leadership and Wellness
Colonial, Racial, Societal, Generational, and Individual Trauma
Empowerment and Resiliency
Reparative, Restorative and Transformative Justice
Health Justice, Healing Justice, and Wellness
Communities of Care
Transformative Pedagogies