Scholars@Duke
Sharieka Botex

Sharieka Botex

Assistant Professor of the Practice of Thompson Writing Program
Thompson Writing Program
sharieka.botex@duke.edu
Thompson Writing Program, Box 90025, Durham, NC 27708
Thompson Writing Program, Box 90025, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Presentations & Appearances

Reading of Sister Thea Bowman's Biography |I was an invited to serve as a reader in the All Hallow' Eve Service where I read Sr. Thea Bowman's biography. The biography was not written by me.| - "All Hallows' Eve Service" · October 31, 2023 - October 31, 2023 Other Duke University Chapel ,

I was invited to read Sister Thea Bowman's biography at the 2023 All Hallow's event at Duke University Chapel. While did not write the Thea Bowman biography that was presented, I was invited to be a reader for the service. [Timestamp: 46:40-49:53]
Reimagining The Graduate Experience: Prioritizing Joy | Presenters: Sharieka Botex, Ural Grant, Christopher Long, Jessica Reed and Toni Gordon - Imagining America: Rituals of Repair and Renewal · October 16, 2022 - October 18, 2022 Other Tulane University, New Orleans
When we position ourselves in the air or on the bench: Where will society position us? Defining and determining Black women’s place in current day and history - Tracing the Stream · October 2022 - October 2022 Invited Talk Organized by Dr. Eric Darnell Pritchard and Dr. Carmen Kynard , Zoom
Antiracist Work, Whose Call? BIPOC Graduate Students Answering the Call by Proposing Collective Community Work to Make Antiracist Change (Panelists: Sharieka Botex,Stephie Kang,Ruben Mendoza and Autumn Reyes) · 2022 Other Conference on College Composition and Communication, Zoom

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

Creator - Shaping Society Through Scholarship and Action · September 24, 2021 - September 25, 2021 Event/Organization Administration , Virtual (Michigan State University) Created and presented an event, which spotlighted Black women who are community-engaged scholars and activists. Invited Black local and university organizations that provide resources, programming, and support. The scholars and organizations participated in panels moderated by graduate student moderators. The event celebrated the contributions of the participants and shed light on the participants’ efforts to enhance Black people’s experiences and, or address local and national racism, oppression, and other issues that impact Black people on a local and national level. A local garden coordinator also served as a panelist and provided information about gardening, food and garden related volunteer opportunities and resources. I wrote the event proposal and coordinated event logistics, including presenting, and proposing event to stakeholders, facilitating meetings with participants, created the event schedule, recruited graduate students to moderate panels and a graduate student to design the event flyers.