La TaSha Levy is a Black Studies scholar who currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of American Ethnic Studies at the University of Washington Seattle. She earned a Ph.D. in African American Studies at Northwestern University, a master’s in Africana Studies at Cornell University, and a bachelor’s from the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies at the University of Virginia. Her research interests include post-WWII African American politics, Black intellectual history, and Black Women's Studies.