Named for the first dean of women at UT, the Angie Warren Perkins Award honors outstanding leadership in campus governance or administration at the level of department head, director, or below.
DeLisa Hawkes
DeLisa D. Hawkes is an assistant professor of Africana Studies and an affiliate faculty in the Department of English and the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Program. Her book project, Separate Yet Intertwined: Rediscovering Black Indigeneity in the New Negro Renaissance, examines literary representations of Black Indigeneity and relational sovereignty between Black and Native peoples.
What does being a Volunteer mean to you? How has UT empowered you to make a difference in a way you might not have imagined elsewhere?
“Being a Vol means contributing to my students’ and community’s interests in life-long learning. UT has empowered me to make a difference by providing me with resources and showing genuine enthusiasm for my research and teaching. The scholarly community and professional support that I have at UT is something that I cherish and that I know some of my colleagues at other institutions wish they had.”