Karen Flynn

Karen Flynn is an Assistant professor in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies and the Department of African-American Studies Program at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She received her Ph.D. in Women's Studies from York University, and her Master's & Bachelor's degrees in History from the University Of Windsor.

In addition to be being the co-editor of Strong Women, Dangerous Times: Gender and HIV/AIDS in Africa, Flynn has published several refereed academic articles and book chapters on a wide range of topics ranging from nurses to spoken word/hip-hop artists in Ontario. Flynn was also a regular contributor to Share, Canada's largest ethnic newspaper, which serves the Black & Caribbean communities in the Greater Metropolitan Toronto area. Flynn has also written for the Jamaican Gleaner, Now Magazine, Toronto Star, Rabble.ca, and was free-lance writer for Canada Extra.

Appearances at BookFestWindsor:
November 5, 2:00 p.m. (Wilkinson)