The Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department at Wake Forest University invites everyone to join us virtually for the 2025 Spring Colloquium featuring Dr. Stephanie Y. Evans. 

Stephanie Y. Evans, PhD is a Professor of Black Women's Studies (WGSS & AAS) at Georgia State University. She served as department chair for twelve consecutive years at Georgia State University, Clark Atlanta University, and University of Florida but also maintained her passion for research in the area of Black women's historical wellness. Her areas of focus are Black women's intellectual history, memoirs, and mental health. She is author and editor of nine books. Her single-authored works include, Black Feminist Writing: A Practical Guide to Publishing Academic Books (SUNY 2024), Black Women's Yoga History: Memoirs of Inner Peace (SUNY  2021), and Black Women in the Ivory Tower, 1850-1954: An Intellectual History (UF 2007). She is lead co-editor of five books including, Dear Department Chair: Letters from Black Women to the Next Generation of Leaders (Wayne State 2023), Black Women and Public Health: Strategies to Name, Locate, and Change Systems of Power (SUNY 2022) and Black Women's Mental Health: Balancing Strength and Vulnerability (SUNY  2017). At GSU, Professor Evans is also affiliate faculty in the Center for the Study of Stress, Trauma, and Resilience. Evans highlights life writing and Black women’s traditions of collective self-care as sustainable models for human rights and social justice. Her full profile is online at www.professorevans.net