Sa Whitley (they/them/theirs) is a black queer poet and a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Transformation at Arizona State University. They received their Ph.D. in Gender Studies and an M.A. in African American Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles. Whitley has received poetry fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference (‘22), Cave Canem, and the Community of Writers. They have published poems in POETRY Magazine and scholarship in Transgender Studies Quarterly (TSQ). Whitley’s academic scholarship examines housing and economic justice models and intentional communities designed by black queer and transgender women during and after financial crises. Born and raised in Silver Spring, Maryland, Whitley enjoys science fiction, night swims, and dancing to 80’s electro-funk music.
Sa was an ARC Fellow in Fall 2023 with the Poetry & the Senses initiative, in collaboration with Arizona State University – they were chosen in the Faculty Fellow category.