Biography

Ozzie is a second-year PhD student in English at Texas A&M University. Her work explores postcolonial literature, environmental humanities, and media studies, with a particular focus on African contexts. She is interested in how local and grassroots media—such as photography, documentaries, and digital platforms, challenge dominant accounts of ecological crises in places like the Niger Delta, the Zambian Copperbelt, South Africa’s Witwatersrand, and the cobalt mines of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Her research highlights the role of “imperfect media,” community-based works that embrace rough aesthetics as part of their political message. She views these creative forms not only as tools of storytelling but also as acts of resistance, cultural memory, and ways of imagining more just futures.