Educator, Ghostwriter, Writing Coach, Editor
Dr. Rachel Panton is a Black women’s wellness scholar, a priestess of Ifa-Orisha, and the founder of Women 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.
She is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts at Nova Southeastern University.
Welcome!
Dr. Rachel Panton is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences at Nova Southeastern University. She earned her 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.
Dr. Panton has taught writing for 19 years and her courses and interests primarily focus on women's narratives of wellness and transformation. Most recently, she served as a guest editor for the University of California, Berkeley’s Race and Yoga Journal, where she led the publication for Sassin’ Through Sadhana, a special volume dedicated to the stories of black women yoga instructors, inspired by her dissertation research. As a writing coach, editor, and ghostwriter, Dr. Panton also serves women in the community who have inspiring memoirs to tell of hope, growth, and healing. Her most recent scholarly work has appeared in Black Women’s Mental Health: Balancing Strength and Vulnerability (SUNY, 2017) and New Directions in Teaching and Learning (Jossey-Bass, 2016).
Education
Ph.D. Lesley University
M.A. University of Toledo
B.A. University of Toledo
A.A. Triton Community College
Publications and Manuscripts
Panton, R. (Forthcoming). Black Girls Om Too: Black Women's Bodies and Resistance to the Visual and
Narrative Rhetoric of Yoga. University Press of Mississippi.
Panton, R. (Forthcoming Invited Article). 'You Good, Fam?': Mindful Journaling, Africana Leadership, and
Dialogic Compassionate Rhetorical Response. In Linquist, J., Straayer, B., and Halbritter, B. (Eds.) 4C20
Documentarian Tales: Recollections from an Uncommon Time.
Sassin' Through Sadhana. (2017). In Rachel Panton & Stephanie Evans (Eds.) Race and Yoga Journal. Vol 2.
Berkeley: University of California.
Panton, R. (2017). My body is a vehicle: Black women's narratives of mind, body and spirit wellness. In K.
Bell, S. Evans & N. Burton (Eds.) Black Women's Mental Health. New York: SUNY.
Panton, R. (2016). Yo' Paper: Tips for Success for Black and Brown Women PhD Students. The Burton Wire.
November 30, 2016.
http://theburtonwire.com/2016/11/30/race-2/yo-paper-tips-for-success-for-black-brown-women-phds/
Panton, R. (2016). Transformative learning and the road to maternal leadership. In J.Cohen, J.Gammel, & A.
Rutstein (Eds.) New Directions in Teaching and Learning. San Francisco:Jossey Bass.
Panton, R.(2012). Sassin' Through Sadhana': Learned Leadership Journeys of Black Women in Holistic
Practices. (Doctoral Dissertation). Cambridge: Lesley University.
Panton, R. (2012). Carlos Fuentes. In A. Castillo (Ed.) La Tolteca 'Zine: Promoting the Advancement of a
World without Borders and censorship. Vol 4. 39-40. https://issuu.com/latolteca/docs/lt_sms_12
“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
Contact
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Email
rachelrenee.panton@gmail.com
Phone
(305)-915-9324