Educator, Ghostwriter, Writing Coach, Editor, Lightworker
“Life is a journey, not a destination; there are no mistakes, just chances we have taken.” - India Arie
Dr. Rachel Panton is a Black women’s wellness scholar, a priestess of Ifa-Orisha, and the founder of Women’s Writing Wellness. Her most recent works have appeared in Black Women’s Mental Health: Balancing Strength & Vulnerability (2017, Evans, Bell, & Burton, Eds.) and the Race and Yoga Journal, where she served as co-editor on a special volume in 2017, and still serves as a reviewer.
“I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us but it won't."
— Audre Lorde
Welcome!
I’m Dr. Rachel Panton, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences at Nova Southeastern University. I’ve earned a Ph.D. in Educational Studies with a specialization in Adult Learning and Development using narrative research and portraiture methodology to write the life stories of three holistic Africana women community educators of South Florida.
Education
PHD: Educational Studies: Adult Learning
MA: English Language and Literature: African American
BA: English Language and Literature: African American
Associate of Arts
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Fellowships and Awards
Graduate Fellowship, University of Toledo, 1999-2001
“Time has a way of stripping everything that is apparent about a thing away, leaving the perception of a thing unrecognizable. But in the process, time bares the true essence and beauty of the thing.”
— Vivian Marie Feggans, The Gathering Place: Ordinary Women; Extraordinary Lives
Dive into my work.
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Book Project
Calling of the Crowns - Black American priestess narratives of awakening to the divine feminine, divination, healing, and spiritual modalities of service in African Diasporic Religions.
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Recent Talks
The visual and narrative rhetoric of Black women's self-care in Afrofuturism
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Book Project
Black Girls Om Too - We’re interested in illuminating the unique and dynamic experiences of Black women yoga instructors.
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Courses and Curriculums
Sistah Soul Food
Rhetoric of Health and Wellness
Department of Writing & Communication - College Writing
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Women's Wellness Writing
Write Your Wellness Story. Dr. Rachel Panton will guide you through the process of drafting and editing your expressive memoir without fear, writer's block, and procrastination.
Contact
Thanks for stopping by! I’m available for: interviews, lectures, workshop facilitation, live events, retreats, and collaboration. Fill out the form to contact me.
Email
contact@rachelpantonphd.com