DaQuon Wilson is a PhD student interested in African American and Black Diasporic Literature. Their current research examines Black children's literature and its intersections with Black social justice and cultural movements. Before coming to Rice, DaQuon earned his B.A. from Emory University in African-American Studies and their research project "Translating Diaspora: Eclipsing and Imagination in Cuba Libre" examined Black diasporic connections between African Americans and Afro Cubans through the relationship of Langston Hughes and Nicolas Guillen.