William García-Medina, MA is a doctoral student in the Department of American Studies at the University of Kansas. Garcia-Medina’s research currently focuses on Black ethnics and the construction and social reproduction of Black American racial identity discourse in the public humanities. In 2016, he earned an MA in Curriculum and Instruction from Teachers College–Columbia University in New York City with a focus on historical literacies in elementary schools. Garcia-Medina also has an MA in history from the University of Puerto Rico-Recinto de Rio Piedras.