Anna L. Hinton

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of English

(214) 725-1759

Email: Anna.Hinton@unt.edu

Education

PhD, Southern Methodist University, 2018

Major: English
Specialization: Women's and Gender Studies
Dissertation: Refusing to Be Made Whole: Disability in Contemporary Black Women's Writing
MA, Southern Methodist University, 2016

Major: English

Professional Positions

Academic - Post-Secondary

Assistant Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2019 - Present).
Postdoctoral Associate, Rutgers University. Rutgers University. (2018 - 2019).

Professional Memberships

American Studies Association. (2019 - Present).
National Women's Studies Association. (2018 - Present).
Society for Disability Studies. (2018 - Present).
African American Literature and Culture Society. (2017 - Present).
American Literature Association. (2017 - Present).
College Language Association. (2016 - Present).
Modern Language Assocation. (2016 - Present).
Octavia E. Butler Society. (2016 - Present).

Development Activities

Tutorial, Accommodating Disabilities for Anti-Bias & Cultural Awareness Program, University of North Texas Bridge. Denton,TX,United States of America. (December 2020).
Tutorial, Diversity and Inclusion for for Anti-Bias & Cultural Awareness Program, University of North Texas Bridge. Denton,TX,United States of America. (December 2020).
Tutorial, ITSS Security Awareness Training, IT Shared Services. United States of America. (November 2021).
Other (Panel), The Politics of Tenure and Promotion, Black Faculty Network. Denton,TX,United States of America. (November 5, 2021).
Tutorial, Preventing Discrimination, Harassment and Related UNT Policies, UNT Bridge. United States of America. (November 30, 2019).
Other (Professionalization and Networking Event), Untitled, American Studies Associaiton. United States of America. (November 2019).
Tutorial, ITSS Security Awareness Training, IT Shared Services. United States of America. (November 10, 2019).
Workshop, Office of Faculty Success Tenure and Promotion Workshop, University of North Texas. United States of America. (September 23, 2019).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas

ENGL 1310 - First Year Writing I, 2 courses.
ENGL 1320 - First Year Writing II, 1 course.
ENGL 2341 - Forms of Literature, 1 course.
ENGL 3000 - Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, 1 course.
ENGL 3840 - American Literature 1870 to the Present, 3 courses.
ENGL 3921 - African American Literature, 1 course.
ENGL 3924 - Women's Literature, 1 course.
ENGL 4260 - African American Literature, 1 course.
ENGL 4280 - Africana Literature, Media and Culture, 1 course.
ENGL 4285 - Africana Theory and Criticism, 1 course.
ENGL 4640 - Studies in Literature and Science, 2 courses.
ENGL 4670 - Gender and Sexuality in Literature, 4 courses.
ENGL 4850 - Literature in Context, 3 courses.
ENGL 4900 - Special Problems, 1 course.
ENGL 5620 - Studies in Contemporary African American Literature and Culture, 4 courses.
ENGL 5900 - Special Problems, 2 courses.
ENGL 6941 - Directed Research, 2 courses.
ENGL 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation, 3 courses.
WGST 3720 - Women's Literature, 1 course.

Teaching at Other Institutions

Rutgers University, 358 381 Issues and Problems in Black Literature: Race, Gender, and Disability in Literature and Pop-Culture, Spring 2019.
Southern Methodist University, DISC 2306 Honor's Humanities Seminar II: Ethics, Spring 2017.
Southern Methodist University, DISC 2305 Honor's Humanities Seminar I: Problems of Knowledge, Fall 2016.
Southern Methodist Univeristy, DISC 1313 Discernment and Discourse: Inquiry Seminar: Gender Myths and Mythologies, Spring 2016.
Southern Methodist University, DISC 1312 Discernment and Discourse: Intro to Academic Discourse: Myths and Mythologies, Fall 2015.
Southern Methodist University, DISC 1313 Discernment and Discourse: Inquiry Seminar: Bodies that Transgress: Gender, Disability, and Self-Representation, Spring 2015.
Southern Methodist University, DISC 1312 Discernment and Discourse: Introduction to Academic Discourse: Identity and Individualism, Fall 2013.

Non-Credit Instruction

Guest Lecture, (October 2023 - October 2023).
Guest Lecture, (April 2023 - April 2023).
Guest Lecture, Southern Methodist University, (October 19, 2021).
Guest Lecture, University Arkansas, 15 participants. (January 9, 2021 - January 9, 2021).
Guest Lecture, Southern Methodist University, 25 participants. (October 9, 2020 - October 9, 2020).

Directed Student Learning

Dissertation Committee Member, "DISABILITIES OF FICTION: READING MADNESS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN WOMEN’S LITERATURE," English. (2020 - November 2023).
Master's Thesis Committee Member, "JUST REPRODUCTION: EXPLORATIONS OF STRUGGLE, RESISTANCE, AND EMPOWERMENT IMBUED IN LABOR AND BIRTH IN BLACK BODIES," Women's and Gender Studies. (October 2022).
Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Beyond the Hold: The Evolution of the Ship in African American Literature," English. (May 2022).
Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Exploitation, Justification and Overcoming through Voice: Exploring American Slavery and the Slave Narrative in The Handmaid's Tale," English. (May 2021).

Awards and Honors

Scholarly and Creative Award, The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. (December 2020).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter

Hinton, A.L. (2023). “Disabled Diaspora: Transnational Models of Disability Justice”. Routledge Companion to Literature and Social Justice.
Foster, T.M., Hinton, A.L. (2022). “How to Read Disabled Bodies Now: Crip-of-Color Critique”. The Cambridge Companion to American Literature and the Body. Cambridge University Press.
Widmaier Capo, B., Lazzari, L., Hinton, A.L. (2022). “‘Learn and Run’: Reproductive Oppression and Resistance in the Works of Octavia E. Butler". The Palgrave Handbook Of Reproductive Justice and Literature. Palgrave Macmillan.
Hinton, A., Satz, M., Baxter, L. (2017). “‘You’ve already got what you need, sugar:’ Southern and Maternal Identity in Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon”. Toni Morrison and Mothers/Motherhood. Demeter Press. http://demeterpress.org/books/toni-morrison-and-mothersmotherhood/

Book Review

Hinton, A. (2020). Re-Reading Madness and Blackness in Black Women’s Fiction. https://www.aaihs.org/re-reading-madness-and-blackness-in-black-womens-fiction-2/

Editorial Introduction

Henry, K., Hinton, A.L., Coráñez Bolton , S. (2023). “Editorial Introduction: Origins, Objects, Orientations: New Histories and Theories of Race and Disability”. Disability Studies Quarterly. 43 (1)

Journal Article

Hinton, A. (2021). On Fits, Starts, and Entry Points: The Rise of Black Disability Studies.
Hinton, A. (2019). A War of Minds Waged Against Black Bodies: The Political Activist as Prisoner and Patient. 15 (2)
Hinton, A. (2018). Making do with what You Don’t Have: Disabled Black Motherhood in Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents. 12 (4) 451-457.
Hinton, A. (2017). And So I Bust Back: Violence, Race, and Disability in Hip Hop. 60 (3) 290-304.

Magazine/Trade Publication

Garofalo, D.M., Hinton, A.L., Nixon, K., Reeder, J. (2019). The Humanities Without Nostalgia. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Humanities-Without/246323

Reprinted Article

Hinton, A.L. (2023). “And So I Bust Back: Violence, Race, and Disability in Hip Hop”. That's the Joint! The Hip-Hop Studies Reader.

Presentations Given

Invited Talk

Hinton, A.L. (Panelist), “Writing (or not) on Crip Time”, Digital Accessible Futures Lab/DISCO and the Digital Studies Institute at the University of Minnesota, United States of America. (2024).
Hinton, A.L. (Presenter), “Black Feminist Disability Studies Meets Hip Hop Feminism in Janelle Monaé’s Dirty Computer”, Global Perspectives on Race and Racism Virtual Series at University of Illinois at Chicago, United States of America. (2023).
Hinton, A.L. (Panelist), “Research at the Intersections: Disability, Race, Indigeneity, Ethnicity”, University of Utah, United States of America. (2023).
Hinton, A. (Panelist), Disability in the Academy, Disability in the Academy, Bates College, United States of America. (2021).
Hinton, A. (Discussant), The Bluest Eye at 50 Research Symposium, “Pain and Care in the Bluest Eye”, Texas Christian University, Virtual, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
Hinton, A. (Presenter), Race, Ethnicity, and Culture Collective, "Blackness and Disability", Texas Christian University, Fortworth, TX, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).

Other

Hinton, A.L. (Discussant), “Disabilities of the Color Line: Redressing Antiblackness from Slavery to the Present-A Virtual Discussion and Reading”, “Disabilities of the Color Line: Redressing Antiblackness from Slavery to the Present-A Virtual Discussion and Reading”, NYU Press, United States of America. (2022).

Panel Presentation

Hinton, A.L. (Panelist), American Studies Associate, “An Archive of Feelings @ 20”, Canada. (2023).
Hinton, A.L. (Panelist), American Studies Association, Escape Artists Under Fugitive Law, Montreal, Québec, Canada, Canada. (2023).
Hinton, A.L. (Panelist), National Women's Studies Association, “Feminist Authors Showcase: Black Disability Politics”, Baltimore, MD, United States of America. (2023).
Hinton, A.L. (Panelist), American Studies Association Annual Meeting, "La Marr Jurelle Bruce’s How to Go Mad Without Losing Your Mind and Liat Ben-Moshe’s Decarcerating Disability”, New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (2022).
Hinton, A.L. (Panelist), National Women’s Studies Association Annual Conference, “Making a Mess: Storying Kinship and Disability”, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America. (2022).
Hinton, A.L. (Panelist), “Navigating White Screens and White Noise: A Conversation on Black Representation in Media”, “Navigating White Screens and White Noise: A Conversation on Black Representation in Media”, UNT’s Speech and Debate Club and Black Film Club, United States of America. (2022).
Hinton, A. (Panelist), Octavia E. Butler Society Conference, Enabling the World through Disability in Octavia Butler’s Parable Series, Octavia E. Butler Society, Atlanta, GA, United States of America. (2016).

Paper

Hinton, A.L. (Presenter), African and Diasporic Religious Studies Association (ADRSA), “Refusing to Be Made Whole: Centering the Black Spirit in Disability Studies through Black Women’s Writing”, Charlotte, NC, United States of America. (2023).
Hinton, A.L. (Presenter), The College Language Association (CLA), ““‘we were never meant to survive’: Towards a Crip Technoscience of the Spirit”, Atlanta, GA, United States of America. (2023).
Hinton, A.L. (Presenter), Postwar Faculty Colloquium, “Breathing Life into Black Bodies: Black Cripistemologies and the Korean War in Toni Morrison’s Home”, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2023).
Hinton, A.L. (Author & Presenter), American Studies Association Annual Meeting, “I want to feel what I feel”: Witnessing Mad Blackness, Dys/Articulating Black Being.”, New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (2022).
Hinton, A.L. (Author & Presenter), National Women’s Studies Association Annual Conference, “Breathing Life into Black Wombs: Ableism, Misogynoir, and the Fight for Reproductive Justice”, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America. (2022).
Hinton, A.L. (Author & Presenter), Black Women and Girls Symposium: Standing Flat Footed: Black Femmes, Girls and Women’s Reclamation of Health and Healing, “Sexual Healing: A Queercrip Spirituality of the Erotic”, Wake Forest Universtiy, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America. (2022).
Hinton, A.L. (Author & Presenter), UNT Postwar Faculty Colloquium, "‘If I am Crazy, Can I Be of Sound Mind?’: Witnessing, Self-Determination, and Dis/ability in Gayl Jones’s Blues Novels”, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2022).
Hinton, A. (Author & Presenter), Modern Language Association Annual Convention, When I Get That Feeling: Erotic QueerCrip Spiritualities in Black Feminist Writing, Modern Language Association, United States of America. (2021).
Hinton, A. (Panelist), Modern Language Association Annual Convention, A Battle for My Mind: Surveillance, Mental Disability, and the Black Feminist Novel Aesthetic in Gloria Naylor’s 1996, Modern Language Association, Seattle, WA, United States of America. (2020).
Hinton, A. (Panelist), National Women's Studies Association Annual Conference, “we need a god who bleeds now”: Health Activism and Spirituality in Contemporary Black Women’s Literature, National Women's Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, United States of America. (2019).
Hinton, A. (Panelist), College Language Association Annual Conference, On Fits, Starts, and Entry Points: The Rise Of Black Disability Studies, College Language Association, Raleigh, NC, United States of America. (2019).
Hinton, A. (Panelist), College Language Association Annual Conference, Refusing to Be Made Whole: Literary Aesthetic and Disability in Contemporary Black Women's Writing, College Language Association, Raleigh, NC, United States of America. (2019).
Hinton, A. (Panelist), National Women’s Studies Association Annual Conference, Exploring the World of the Different: Crip Futures in Contemporary Literature, National Women’s Studies Association, Atlanta, GA, United States of America. (2018).
Hinton, A. (Panelist), Modern Language Association Annual Convention, A War of Minds Waged Against Black Bodies: The Political Activist as Prisoner and Patient, Modern Language Association, New York, NY, United States of America. (2018).
Hinton, A. (Panelist), American Literature Association Annual Conference, Toni Cade Bambara’s Alternative Models of Disability, American Literature Association and African American Literature and Culture Society, Boston, MA, United States of America. (2017).
Hinton, A. (Panelist), College Language Association Annual Conference, Mothering Disabled Communities: Earthseed, Disability, and Motherwork in Octavia Butler’s Parable Series, College Language Association, Columbia, MS, United States of America. (2017).
Hinton, A. (Panelist), College Language Association Annual Conference, ‘And So I Bust Back’: Violence, Race, and Disability in Gangsta Rap, College Language Association, Houston, TX, United States of America. (2016).
Hinton, A. (Panelist), South Central Modern Language Association Annual Conference, Gender and Disability in Charlotte Bronte’s Villette, Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (2013).

Symposium

Hinton, A.L. (Panelist), Changing Our Own Futures: Black Feminist Theory & Criticism, The Future of Black Feminist Futures: Rutgers English Diversity Institute (REDI) Alumni, Rutgers University Department of English, New Brunswick, NJ, United States of America. (2022).

Media Contributions

Other

"Inteview with Sarah Broom," (February 2020).
"Denton Black Film Festival-," Opening Remarks for Documentary Toni Morrison: The Pieces that I Am. (January 2020).

Service

University Service

Member, Black Faculty Network. (2023 - Present).
Committee Member, CLASS Executive Dean Search Committee. (2022 - Present).
Member, La Colectiva. (2022 - Present).
Other (Faculty in Residence), Honors College and Residence Life. (August 2021 - Present).
Program Organizer, In-CLASS Distinguished Faculty Series. (2021 - Present).
Committee Member, Search Committee for One-Year Visiting Assistant Professor in Creative Writing, Poetry. (June 2022).
Guest Speaker, Speech and Debate Club and Black Film Club. (March 2022).
Member, COACHE Steering Committee. (August 2021).
Attendee, Award Ceremony, Sigma Tau Delta. (November 2019).
Faculty Mentor, Black Faculty Network. (August 23, 2019).

Public Service

Committee Member, City of Denton Committee on Persons with Disabilities. Denton, TX. (September 2021 - Present).

Professional Service

Program Organizer, College of Language Arts and Social Sciences. (2021 - Present).
Editor, Guest Editor, Disability Studies Quarterly. (January 2021 - Present).
Other (Public Relations Director), The College Language Association. Denton, TX. (July 2020 - Present).
Other (Co-Editor of Book Reviews), Studies in the Novel. (September 2019 - December 2022).
Committee Member, Modern Language Assocation Committee on Disability Issues in the Profession. (June 2019 - January 2022).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Disability and the Academic Job Market. Denton, TX. (2020 - 2020).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Genealogy. Denton, TX. (2020 - 2020).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Lateral: The Journal of the Cultural Studies Association. Denton, TX. (2020 - 2020).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Feminist Scholarship. (2019).
Editor, Guest Editor, Humanities. (2018 - 2019).
Committee Member, National Women's Studies Association Disability Special Interest Group. (2018 - 2019).
Committee Member, College Language Association Host Committee. (2014 - 2015).