Chloe E. Leavings
Chloe E. Leavings
Chloe is a Detroit native who holds two degrees from historically Black universities. Her first degree is from Alabama A&M University where she was a member of the Honors Program, Sigma Tau Delta, Sigma Alpha Pi and the Royal Court. After attending Howard University's Pre-Ph.D. program, she decided she would continue her journey in academia and pursue a doctorate degree.
Her second degree is from North Carolina A&T State University where she received the Woodland E. Hall Fellowship to fund her degree and served as an A2i scholar. During her second year at NCAT, she worked as a seventh grade English teacher where she taught culturally relevant lessons using hip hop.
After finishing her master's degree, she moved back to Detroit to obtain her Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Writing Studies from Wayne State University. She currently studies the intersectionality of antiracism, culturally relevant pedagogy, hip hop based education, and linguistic justice to promote inclusive learning spaces in writing classrooms. Here, she is a member of the composition committee and vice-president of the Wayne Rhetoric Society of America. Chloe is also a Dean's Diversity Fellow and former graduate ambassador here at Wayne State. She currently is an adjunct professor at University of Detroit Mercy, Macomb Community College, and Wayne County Community College.
Research interest(s)/area of expertise
Rhetoric, Black feminist pedagogy, culturally relevant pedagogy, hip hop based education, antiracist pedagogy, rhetoric of health medicine
Education
- B.A. in English, Alabama A&M University
- M.A. in English & African American Literature, North Carolina A&T State University
Awards and grants
Wayne State Dean's Diversity Fellow, 2022-Present
CCCC Scholars for the Dream Award Recipient, 2024
News mentions
Selected publications
Chloe Leavings, Carly Braxton, Jessica Ridgeway; ALL BLACK EVERYTHING: Exploring Hip-Hop Based Education in First-Year Composition. Pedagogy 1 April 2025; 25 (2): 155–172. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/15314200-11625270