Dr. Helane Adams Androne
Languages, Literatures, and Writing
Miami University Middletown

Dr. Helane Adams Androne is a Professor in the Languages, Literatures, and Writing Department at Miami University Middletown, where she teaches ethnic American literatures and speculative fiction. In her 21 years in academia, she has chaired a department and co-directed the Ohio Writing Project's graduate program (twice now) for K-12 teachers. She has also published articles in a number of journals, including Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture; MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States; The Journal of Pan-African Studies; and, The Journal of Communication and Religion. She has successfully single/co-authored almost $200K in external and internal grants, has presented for more than 70 conferences, workshops, and lectures (including for the Smithsonian), and has 2 books and more than 15 other academic and artistic publications. Helane's current research focus is on the emergence, use, and validation of the sacred. She's been working on a book that examines myths and magic as the sacred in texts by Octavia Butler, N.K. Jemisin, and Nnedi Okorafor. She's fascinated by how black women authors use the sacred as an activist methodology for community and belonging, expanding love relationships, and for the survival of trauma. Dr. Helane also has part-time gigs as a writer, actor/VO Artist, and entrepreneur, but her craziest gig to date is being a wife and mom in a loud, ridiculously snarky family.