Chantel Eboni McCrea

African American Studies - Doctoral Student

Contact:
E: chem-0206142002@berkeley.edu

Chantel Eboni McCrea (she/they/he) is a scholar of deeply invested in Black diaspora studies and in particular, their intersections with Gender and Sexuality Studies. This investment has led Chantel to be an abolitionist educator, activist, and organizer for over 10 years now from 6^th grade until the present. Her initial interest in this was only further nurtured by her time in the Black Studies, Gender and Sexuality, and Performance Studies departments at Northwestern University where she completed various research projects ranging from archival research on the work of Octavia Butler to ethnographic art history interviews of local queer Black artist elders and ultimately to his own published thesis entitled “Serving Cunt” which centers Black queer femme BDSM and Sex work practices as a means of articulating a new framework for intimacy beyond the current one which privileges the relational practices of the white, cisgender, monogamous, and heterosexual. They are thrilled to be in Oakland and fully immerse themselves in a community that aligns so well with their personal and academic interests and are looking forward to continuing their work with the guidance of her three feline co-authors Ash, Baby, and Yarrow!