Aimee M Glocke
Associate Professor

Brief Biography

Dr. Aimee Glocke is an Associate Professor of Africana Studies at California State University, Northridge. She earned her M.A. in Afro-American Studies from UCLA and her Ph.D. in African American Studies from Temple University. Her research areas are: African/Black Literature, African/Black History, African/Black Psychology, and African/Black Dance. Some of the undergraduate and graduate classes she has taught include: Introduction to Black Studies and Black Culture; Race and Critical Thinking; The African/Black Aesthetic; Literature of American Enslavement; the African Diaspora; Blacks and Mass Media; African American History; and African Centered Writing. Dr. Glocke was a certified substitute teacher in grades K-12, and has taught children ages three years old to adult. As a scholar, she has published in The Encyclopedia of Black Studies; The Journal of Pan African Studies; Ofo: Journal of Transatlantic Studies; Overcoming Adversity: Stories from Generation X Faculty; The Huffington Post; co-edited The Journal of Pan African Studies’Special Edition on African/Black Dance; and Diverse Issues in Higher Education. Dr. Glocke is also a professional dancer who has trained all over the country in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Modern, Katherine Dunham Technique, Umfundalai, Musical Theatre, and GROOV3. She also released a short documentary on the International Authentic Katherine Dunham Seminar.

Research 

Black Nationalism Richard Wright Katherine Dunham The Black Novel The Discipline of Black Studies The Black Aesthetic The Black Arts Movement

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