Tejan Green-Waszak (she/her) is a cross-genre writer and educator originally from Mandeville, Jamaica. She lectures in the University Writing Program at Columbia where she is also the co-director of the Readings in Race and Ethnicity cohort. Her research interests include Caribbean literature and culture, Black diaspora studies, postcolonial literary studies, performance studies, and poetry. As a researcher, creative writer, and educator, she is excited for the opportunity to further develop skills that can strengthen her approach in incorporating oral history in the classroom and in her research.