Dr. Imali J. Abala, Professor of English at Ohio Dominican University, teaches a variety of courses in the English Department, ranging from Freshman Writing, World Literature, African Literature, and Literature of American Diversity. 

She is the author of:

• Drum Bits of Terror
• A Fallen Citadel and Other Poems
• The Dilemma of Jahenda the Teenage Mother
• The Disinherited 
• Move on, Trufosa

Some of her other works have appeared in the following anthologies: A Thousand Voices Rising, African Women in Motion: Gender and the New African Diaspora in the United States and Reflections: An Anthology of New Work by African Women Poets. 

Currently, she is working on a collection of short stories and a children’s book series.