Wendell Marsh is an Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Rutgers University–Newark, where he researches and teaches at the intersections of African and diasporic intellectual history, comparative literature, religious studies, and the politics of knowledge production.

His scholarship foregrounds African contributions to global intellectual traditions—especially through Arabic-language sources—and examines how race, religion, and language shape the humanities and public discourse.

Marsh’s forthcoming book, Textual Life: Islam, Africa, and the Fate of the Humanities (Columbia University Press, 2025), offers a literary reading of African Muslim thinkers that challenges and expands the boundaries of global thought.

Beyond academia, he curates public-facing exhibitions exploring the aesthetic dimensions of intellectual life. Most recently he co-curated “Powers of the Unseen” at Express Newark, a multi-artist exhibition that investigated Muslim spiritualities and the politics of representation through contemporary art.

Marsh is also affiliated with Rutgers University–Newark’s Department of English, the programs in American Studies and Global Urban Studies, and the Center for African Studies in New Brunswick. Across these domains he works to bridge rigorous scholarship, public engagement, and the arts.Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.