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Sharieka Botex

Assistant Professor of the Practice of Thompson Writing Program
Thompson Writing Program
Thompson Writing Program, Box 90025, Durham, NC 27708
Thompson Writing Program, Box 90025, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Dr. Sharieka Shontae Botex is an Assistant Professor of the Practice in Writing Studies in the Thompson Writing Program at Duke University. Sharieka is a scholar, writer, poet, and educator. She is a moderator of dialogue and creator of content, scholarship, experiences, and events that uplift and affirm people and their work. She works to connect people to resources and opportunities that they can use to help them shape their lives, communities, institutions, and society. Sharieka is dedicated to inspiring people to be confident writers, who use their literacy practices to progress and prosper in their personal, professional, academic, and communal endeavors. 

  • African American Rhetoric and Composition
  • Black and Black queer literacy practices
  • Black legacies, histories, and experiences
  • Community-engaged work
  • Feedback approaches
  • First-Year Writing
  • Hip Hop
  • Leadership
  • Literacy
  • Writing Centers

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of the Practice of Thompson Writing Program · 2023 - Present Thompson Writing Program, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News


Published September 20, 2023
Crystallizing Identity and Connecting Through Writing
Published May 10, 2023
Brown Chair in English Literacy Celebrates First Anniversary of Community Literacies Collaboratory
Published January 25, 2022
PhD Student Sharieka Botex Honored With Award for Community Engagement

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Recent Publications


I’m Here with You and I Hear You: Reflections on Engaging in the Work of Suppressing Histories That Have Oppressed Us

Journal Article College Composition and Communication · January 1, 2024 Featured Publication I aim to inspire people to suppress language and practices that oppress people. I engage with scholarship to advocate for learning from suppressed communities. I call for rhetoric and composition scholars to recognize how the existence and progress of oppr ... Full text Open Access Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


Michigan State University · 2023 Ph.D.
East Carolina University · 2019 M.A.