Research

Current Research

Giovanni is currently researching the experiences of first and second African Immigrants in the United States. She is interviewing adult African Immigrants about their processes of Immigration, experiences of (In)Equality and Identity. If you are interested in participating, or would like to refer someone to participate, simply click the African Immigrant Survey tab.

Call for participants: African Immigrants in the US Study participants needed.

If you're a first or second generation African Immigrant who has lived in the US for 10+ years, please participate in this research study by clicking the picture.

She is also, along with her sister scholars Dr. Candice Lucas Bledsoe and Malaika Salaam, preparing a chapter length manuscript for the forthcoming Demeter Press anthology entitled (Mothering the Unthinkable) about the experiences of Black American mothers, state sanctioned violence and the promises of post racialism.

Previous Research

National Women's Studies Association Columbus, OH 2013
Author Talk Back (Laboring Positions: Black Women, Mothering and the Academy):
Single Mothers, Broke Queers, & Communal Ownership: The Profane Existence of Academic Non Normatives

Texas National Association of Multicultural Education Mesquite, TX 2011
Poster Session Presentation:
Multicultural and Interdisciplinary Education through
African American Women’s Children's Literature

Southwestern Social Science Association Las Vegas, NV 2011
Session Chair :
Feminism and Race
Race, Class, Gender and Social Inequality
Paper:
For Colored Girls: A Womanist Analysis
Paper:
African Identity Formation A Review of the Literature

UNT 11th Annual Equity and Diversity Conference Denton, TX 2011
Workshop Facilitator:
Feminist/Womanist Pedagogy Teaching for Social Justice

Phi Sigma Tau Student Symposium Denton, TX 2011
Paper:
Race Nationality and Identity: A theoretical exploration of the case against race

Southwestern Social Science Association Houston, TX 2010
Paper:
Identity Formation and African Immigrants: A Preliminary Case Study

Texas National Association of Multicultural Education Denton, TX 2010
Paper:
Feminist Pedagogy: Theory to Practice

Association of Black Sociologists New Orleans, LA 2009
Paper:
Africans and African Americans

Southwestern Social Science Association Denver, CO 2009
Paper:
Immigrant Job Competition; What Black Folks Really Think.