Sheila Martin
Fairfax, Virginia
Sheila Martin is a senior at George Mason University majoring in English with a concentration in World Literature. She is also completing minors in African and African American Studies and History. Sheila is currently researching the effects of the Black Church's homophobic rhetoric on Black LGBTQ millennials. In addition, she is also working on her honors thesis, which examines the role of trauma in female characters in the works of Ann Petry as well as in the Book of Ruth. Sheila is a graduate of Northern Virginia Community College, an AmeriCorps alum and an avid beginner cyclist.