Kelly Baker Josephs

#bocas2026

Biography

Kelly Baker Josephs is Professor of English at the University of Miami. She is the author of Disturbers of the Peace: Representations of Insanity in Anglophone Caribbean Lit­erature (2013) and co-editor of The Digital Black Atlantic (2021). She is currently Director of the Caribbean Digital Scholarship summer institute, co-organiser of The Caribbean Digital annual conference, and co-principal investigator of the Caribbean Digital Scholarship Collective, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Years Attended

2015 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2018 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2023 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2025 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2026 Adult's Festival Participant

Kelly Baker Josephs

Facilitator, OCM Bocas Prize Judge, Speaker
Jamaica, USA
Events Featuring Kelly Baker Josephs
2026
Writers First: Stage to Page
Festival Programme Event
Drama, Seminar, Writers First Event
Event Date: May 2, 2026 @ 2:00 pm
AV Room
2025
Take Two: Jason Allen-Paisant and Erna Brodber
Festival Programme Event
Fiction, Nonfiction, Take Two Event
Event Date: May 3, 2025 @ 10:00 am
Old Fire Station
2023
The Swanzy Diaries
Festival Programme Event
Book Launch Event
Event Date: April 30, 2023 @ 1:00 pm
AV Room