Tuesdae Pelt-Willis

Tuesdae Pelt-Willis

Tuesdae Pelt-Willis, 3rd Year Ph.D. Candidate in the History Department at the University of Oklahoma. Her focus is on African American History and Women and Gender Studies. She received her BA in History at the University of Central Oklahoma. She earned a Masters’s in American History, specializing in African American History and Women and Gender at the University of Central Oklahoma. Her Master’s Thesis, “The Moment We Realized: Triple Consciousness and the Intersectionality of Race, Gender, and Sexuality in 20th and 21st Century African American Women,” explored double consciousness theory by W.E.B DuBois with an added element of gender and sexuality. She is currently working with the Clara Luper Freedom Center archives. She plans to utilize research regarding Ms. Luper, The NAACP Youth Council’s Freedom Center in Oklahoma, and Oklahoma’s grassroots activism in her doctoral dissertation. In addition to historical work, Tuesdae has worked in LGBTQIA+ centers and archival collections and teaches community college.