Dr. Margaret Cox

Margaret Cox was born in Carriacou, Grenada and grew up in Brooklyn, NY. She earned a Bachelor’s in English at Baruch College, graduated with a Master of Arts in English from Brooklyn College, and obtained a Ph.D. in English from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Her research interests are African American, Caribbean, and African literatures, as well as drama. Her scholarly articles include “Alice Walker and Claudia Rankine: Reclaiming the Ocularity of the Self” (2017) and “Buchi Emecheta: Re-imaging the African Feminine Self” (2010). A recipient of the NEH Spotlight on Humanities in Higher Education grant, she is developing the podcast “Conversations in Literature and Culture.”