Ajuan Mance is a Professor of English at Mills College and a lifelong artist and writer. She holds a B.A. from Brown University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. In both her scholarly writing and her visual art, Ajuan explores the complexities of race, gender, and identity in the lives of Black people. The creator of the 1001 Black Men online sketchbook, Ajuan has shown her work in exhibitions and festivals from the Bay Area to Brooklyn. Ajuan's comics include the Gender Studies series and the comic strip Check All That Apply. Her comics have also appeared on several media sites and in several anthologies including, most recently, NewYorker.com and the Drawing Power anthology from Abrams Press, winner of the 2020 Eisner award. The 1001 Black Men book will be published in 2021, by Stacked Deck Press.
Professor English and Ethnic Studies / Dean of Digital Learning and Innovation
Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA 94613
Ajuan Mance
