Lecturer
Year Started at JMU: 2023
tillmatl@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Education
Ph.D., Professional and Technical Writing; Multicultural and Gender Studies, Morgan State University, 2023
M.B.A., Trinity Washington University, 2019
M.A., English, Howard University, 2016
Professional Focuses
Existentialism; identity politics; multi-cultural gender studies; women’s, gender, and sexuality studies; justice studies; professional and technical writing; literary theory.
Dr. Tillman's primary research centers on rhetorical activism, focusing on existentialism, identity politics, and injustices within BIPOC and 2sLGBTQ+ communities. Her dissertation is titled "An Existential Critique of Identity Politics in Trans Narratives: Establishing the Trans-Existential Hero."
Dr. Tillman serves as a Ph.D. coach, a TEFL instructor, and an editor.
Selected Publications and Conferences
Contours of Change: A Workbook on Gender, Power, and Identity. Kendall Hunt Publishing, 2025.
“An Existential Critique of Identity Politics in Trans Narratives: Establishing the Trans-Existential Hero.” ProQuest, 2024.
"Earth-Quaking the Canon: Establishing the Trans Hero," 4th Global Congress Conference on Gender and Sexuality Studies, Budapest, Hungary, 2023.
From Iron to Ivory: MOASC. Parousia Publishing Firm. 7 November 2020.
"Scholarship Established on Toni Morrison’s work from 2000 to 2016," Howard University, Academia.edu, 2016.
