Ravynn K. Stringfield is a Ph.D. candidate in American Studies at William & Mary. Her dissertation research focuses on Black women and girls in fantasy new media narratives. When not researching, Ravynn writes fiction and creative nonfiction which has appeared in venues such as midnight & indigo, Greatist, and Voyage YA Journal and is writes the column, "Superhero Girlfriends Anonymous," for Catapult Magazine.