Robin Brooks is a cultural and literary analyst who explores matters concerning Black communities in the United States and the wider African Diaspora. She is an associate professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, and her current research focuses particularly on African American and English-speaking Caribbean populations with special attention to inequality and social justice. She is the author of Class Interruptions: Inequality and Division in African Diasporic Women’s Fiction (UNC Press, 2022) which examines how contemporary writers use literary portrayals of class to critique inequalities and divisions in the U.S. and Caribbean. Dr. Brooks is the recipient of numerous awards, grants, and fellowships, and her research has been supported by the Ford Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Her solution-oriented interdisciplinary work appeals to various audiences.