- Faculty Queensbury
Jessica Best, Ph.D.
- Associate professor of English
“Education is about the practice of freedom. […] The classroom remains the most radical place of possibility in the academy.” — bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom
Biography
Dr. Best served as the Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) coordinator for the campus and the SUNY community. She co-chaired the SUNY Adirondack Diversity Committee. She specializes in writing pedagogy, American literature, decolonial studies, feminist studies and queer studies.
Education
Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside, 2013; Master of Arts from the University of York, England, 2006; Bachelor of Arts from SUNY Buffalo, 2005
Hobbies and interests
Dr. Best lives in Albany with her wife and two daughters. She loves reading, walking, cooking, yoga and pottery.