Dr. Imelda Guyton Hunt PhD

Imelda Guyton Hunt holds a Ph.D. from Bowling Green State University in American Culture with a major in African American Culture and Black Popular Culture. She holds two master’s Degree, one in African American Theatre and another in American Culture with a major in African American Culture from Bowling Green State University. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Education and Communication from The University of Toledo. She is the founder of New Works Writers Series, a black theater and arts organization, presenter of the first major poetry slam in northwest Ohio and ongoing poetry events. Hunt’s had unique access to artists and poets with whom she’s shared knowledge. Hunt is most keenly aware of author Alice Walker’s statement, “We are the ones that they have been waiting for.” These experiences with other artist and her classroom interactions with her students help her to continue striving to fulfill the generational commitment that Walker expressed. She has been the recipient of several National Endowment for Humanities Summer Seminars. In 2015 the City of Toledo awarded Hunt for her many years of producing plays in the community. She is also the recipient of many other awards for her scholarship and artistic talents. Currently, she lectures in the Department of Africology and African American Studies at Eastern Michigan University.