MICHELE TRACY BERGER is the Eric and Jane Nord Family Professor in Religious Studies, Professor of English Studies and director of the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. She is the author of science fiction novella, "Reenu-You," of books Black Women's Health: Paths to Wellness for Mothers and Daughters, and Workable Sisterhood: The Political Journey of Stigmatized Women with HIV/AIDS. Her story "Doll Seed" published in FIYAH: Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, received the 2019 Carl Brandon Kindred Award. Much of Dr. Berger's work explores psychological horror, especially through issues of race and gender.