From Stonewall to Pride, the fight for equal rights has been rooted in resistance led by Black trans women.

Deion Scott Hawkins
Deion S. Hawkins, Ph.D., serves as an Assistant Professor of Argumentation & Advocacy and the Director of Debate at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. Once a licensed high school English teacher committed to using debate as a tool for social change and civic engagement, Deion is now a critical scholar whose qualitative work centers on underserved, under-resourced and historically marginalized communities that are typically absent in academic research.