Ro Averin
Research
Ro Averin (they/she) is a PhD Candidate in Pedagogy, where they analyze and explicate racism and antiracism in teacher training, and education more broadly, within the Norwegian context. Ro holds a BA.Hons in English Literature from the University of Alberta and an MA in English Literature from Vanderbilt University, focusing on theories of time, gender, and race as they emerge from African diasporic post-apocalyptice literatures. Combining this intellectual upbringing with many years spent as an antiracism and social justice consultant and educator, Ro continues to root their work, now in Pedagogy, in Black radical, Black feminist/womanist, and Indigenous theories, methodologies, pedagogies, and ways of knowing.
They do their best to find ways to bring their work outside of academe, whether as Director of the arts non-profit Rafiki Art Initiatives, engaging in various extra-academic writing projects, or through creating opportunities for Black folk to gather and connect with the land.
Publications
2025
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Averin, Rosalee Coleen;
Plessis, Danelle du.
(2025)
Bitter dilutions: Antiracism, intersectionality, and the pall of White feminisms over Norwegian higher education.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Part of book/report
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Averin, Rosalee Coleen;
Plessis, Danelle du.
(2025)
Bitter dilutions: Antiracism, intersectionality, and the pall of White feminisms over Norwegian higher education.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper