Angel McKissic

Dr. Angel McKissic (she/her) is the Director of the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights at Wayne State University. Before joining the Center, Dr. McKissic was a founding member of the Detroit Justice Center, where she founded, and still organizes with, the Metro Detroit Restorative Justice Network (MDRJN).

 

Dr. McKissic is a scholar-practitioner whose writing and research cross pollinates Black feminist thought, critical theory, and political psychology. Her work aims to support the development of decentralized grassroots solidarity toward the principled struggle over democratic power to realize a world that enables freedom from domination and access to resources, community, and collective well-being.