Alexis Williams

Alexis is a senior majoring in African American Studies. Outside of academics, Alexis is involved as a Student Assistant at the Afro-American Cultural Center and a Project Coordinator with the Communication and Consent Educators. Her WFF Seed Grant supports her senior essay, titled “Black Women, Reproductive Labor, and the Meaning of Freedom,” which explores popular discourses around the Women’s Liberation Movement across racial groups, with particular focus on the way ideas about labor and freedom recreate racialized gender categories.

Grant Title and Presentation: Black Women, Reproductive Labor, and the Meaning of Freedom