Ms. Leana Mason

PhD. Candidate

Originally from Brooklyn, New York, born to Grenadian and Panamanian parents Leana Mason is guided by her passion and interests of decolonizing knowledge in a way that centers lived experiences, captures epistemologies of those that are marginalized, and departs from hegemonic logics. Leana has supported and conducted, both professionally and academically, research on racial health inequities especially as it pertained to Black maternal and infant care, effects of racial capitalism, decolonizing methods of research, and different anti-colonial resistance. Leana is currently pursuing a PhD in Sociology at Johns Hopkins University where she is also a Solidarity Fellow for the Black Testimony Project, of Diaspora Solidarities Lab. Her current research is focused on how Jab Jab acts as a form of anticolonial resistance and what, if anything, Jab Jab can help us understand about decolonization. Leana’s research seeks to uplift theories, perspectives, and voices of the suppressed, oppressed, and erased.