Emanuela Kucik is an associate professor of English and Africana studies and director of the Africana Studies Program at Muhlenberg College, where she was recently named the inaugural Faculty Fellow for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives. She is also cofounder and codirector of Muhlenberg’s new Graduate School Preparatory Program for students from underrepresented backgrounds. Kucik was the 2021 recipient of Muhlenberg’s Ruth and Joel Spira Prize for Distinguished Teaching and the 2023 recipient of Muhlenberg’s Robert C. Williams Award for Distinguished Scholarship and Research. Her interdisciplinary research explores the intersections of genocide, race, human rights violations, and literature. Her forthcoming book, The Black Blood of Genocide (Columbia University Press), focuses on how Black populations have used the concept of genocide to write about, and fight against, anti-Black violence after the Genocide Convention of 1948 rendered genocide illegal under international law. Black Blood was selected as one of the inaugural books to launch a new publishing partnership between Columbia University Press and Howard University. Kucik received her Ph.D. and M.A. in English from Princeton University, along with a Doctoral Graduate Certificate in African American Studies.
Abstract: Words of Witness: Hans Massaquoi, the Power of Memoir, and Tools for Black-Jewish Allyship
