Gayle Pemberton

Gayle Pemberton is an award-winning teacher, writer, and speaker specializing in the literature of race in the United States. Holding degrees from the University of Michigan and Harvard University, she has an academic background that includes experience as a Professor Emerita at Wesleyan University, Associate Director of African American Studies at Princeton University and Director of African American Studies, Visiting Associate Professor of English at Bowdoin College. Gayle is passionate about diversity, academic and corporate excellence, and how writers such as James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, and others speak to now, particularly in the age of Covid-19. She is an experienced writing coach and is available for online meetings and consultations on how to talk about race in any environment to all ages. As an author, Gayle has written On Teaching the Minority Student, many essays on American literature and culture, and The Hottest Water in Chicago: Notes of a Native Daughter, published as a book and audiobook. She is a border-crosser and bridge-builder with outstanding verbal and writing skills, punctuated by humor and compassion.