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Jamila Lyiscott

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Tri-Tongue Orator Known for her TED Talk "3 Ways to Speak English"

Tri-Tongue Orator Known for her TED Talk "3 Ways to Speak English"

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Jamila Lyiscott Biography

Jamila Lyiscott aka, Dr. J, is an award-winning community-engaged scholar, nationally renowned speaker, and the author of Black Appetite. White Food: Issues of Race, Voice, and Justice Within and Beyond the Classroom. She currently serves as an Associate Professor of Social Justice Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she is the founding co-director of the Center of Racial Justice and Youth Engaged Research, and previously led the journal of Equity & Excellence in Education as an Editor-in-Chief. Dr. J’s research and activism work together to explore, assert, and defend the value of Black life globally. Her research examines the liberatory capacity of language and culture in the lives of youth of color, racial healing, youth-led activism, and the power of the African Diaspora to transgress coloniality.

Dr. J is most well known for being featured on TED.com where her video, ‘3 Ways to Speak English,’ has been viewed over 5 million times. She has been an invited keynote speaker at 100s of institutions and has been featured on BBC Radio, NPR, in Spike Lee’s “2 Fists Up,”Cosmopolitan, NowThis, and many other media outlets nationally and internationally.

As a testament to her commitment to bridging public and academic scholarship, Dr. J’s work has also been published in a range of leading academic journals including, Review of Research in Education, Action Research, The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, English Journal, and more. She holds multiple faculty fellowships and is the recipient of the AERA Outstanding Public Communication of Education Research Award, the AERA Scholar-Activist & Community Advocacy Award, a Fulbright-Hays Award, and the CIES Emerging Scholar Award.

Jamila Lyiscott Videos

  • Dr. Jamila Lyiscott Closing Keynote, SRI Fall Meeting 2018 - San Antonio
    Dr. Jamila Lyiscott Closing Keynote, SRI Fall Meeting 2018 - San Antonio
  • Jamila Lyiscott: 3 ways to speak English
    Jamila Lyiscott is a "tri-tongued orator," and this powerful spoken-word essay celebrates — and challenges — the three distinct flavors of...
  • Jamila Lyiscott Video NYC
    Spoken Word poet Jamila Lyiscott from Urban Word, NYC stepping up to the Open Mic with her poem "Broken English" during the Artography Convening at...

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    Jamila Lyiscott is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Black History, Diversity Speakers, Education, Influential Women, Motivation, Personal Growth, TED, Virtual Speakers, Women's Issues.
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Jamila Lyiscott is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics . The estimated speaking fee range to book Jamila Lyiscott for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Jamila Lyiscott generally travels from Brooklyn, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Kandice Sumner, Judge J. Machelle Sweeting, Dorothy Roberts, Gloria Ladson-Billings and Nikki Giovanni. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Jamila Lyiscott for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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