Constance Bailey is an Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas. She holds a joint appointment in English and African and African American Studies. Her research interests include African American folklore, American comedy and humor, and black speculative fiction. Her publications include “Mississippi’s Finest: Denise LaSalle and the Legacy of the Blues Woman,” and “Fight the Power: African American Humor as a Discourse of Resistance.” She is currently working on her first manuscript The Predicament of Crossing: The Black Collegian in the Popular Imagination.
Constance Bailey
