#  Namwali Serpell 

Professor of English

(On leave Fall 2025) 

*Currently not accepting graduate student advisees

 

 

 



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 location\_on She/herOffice: Barker 215 

 smartphone [617-496-4228](tel:617-496-4228) 

Mondays 3-5pm

 

 



 

Education: B.A., Yale University (2001)  
M.A., Harvard University (2005)  
Ph.D., Harvard University (2008)

(Photo Credit: Yanina Gotsulsky)



 

 

 





 

 

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