Walidah Imarisha

educator, writer, and spoken word artist

Walidah Imarisha is an educator, writer, and spoken word artist. She is an assistant professor in the Black Studies Department at Portland State University, Portland, where she is also director of the Center for Black Studies. Imarisha’s fields of in

Walidah Imarisha Walidah Imarisha is an educator, writer, and spoken word artist. She is an assistant professor in the Black Studies Department at Portland State University, Portland, where she is also director of the Center for Black Studies. Imarisha’s fields of interests include Oregon Black history, carceral sys