About

Maximillian Matthews (they/them) is a Black queer writer based in Durham, North Carolina, and has been working in higher education for over 10 years. Matthews is a graduate of Elon University and North Carolina State University. Maximillian’s work has been featured on Black Youth Project, Blavity, Afropunk, The Body Is Not An Apology, RaceBaitr, Rethinking Schools, and Inside Higher Ed. A firm believer in abolition, Matthews envisions a world without white supremacy, patriarchy, misogyny, capitalism, imperialism, ableism, and any system that results in oppression of any kind.