Danielle Slaughter is an independent scholar, writer, activist, and educational diversity consultant. She is a native of Detroit, a graduate of the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (B.A. in English), as well as a graduate of Georgia State University M.A. in English w/ a focus in Rhetoric and Composition. Danielle has been on hiatus from a PhD program in Rhetoric and Composition since 2017, and isn’t sure she’ll ever go back even though she’s a dissertation proposal and dissertation away from being Dr. Slaughter.
Danielle currently resides in the Atlanta area with her two sons. Presently, Danielle is on the job market looking for a position that allows her to use her teaching experience, writing and research skills, and passion for social justice, while creating content for parents who want to raise social justice advocates on her website, Mamademics. You can read more about her journey towards being an independent scholar in the essay, “Academia Didn’t Have a Place For Me, So I Made My Own Academy,” in Independent Scholars of the World, an anthology focusing on scholars who have left the academy. Danielle is an aspiring author, and she’s currently working on a proposal for a creative non-fiction memoir-esque book.
Danielle’s writing on social justice and parenting has been featured on Huffington Post, BLUNTMoms, and BlogHer. Danielle was part of Listen To Your Mother’s Atlanta cast in 2016; the winner of Type-A Parent’s 2015 We Still Blog Awards, and a BlogHer ’16 VOTY honoree.
In her spare time, she enjoys painting watercolor galaxies, reading fantasy and historical romance novels, and binging a good show on Netflix.