Tao Leigh Goffe is an assistant professor of literary theory and cultural history with a joint appointment in the Africana Studies and Research Center and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. As a 2020–21 Global Public Voices fellow, she collaborated with David Dabydeen (University of Warwick, UK).

She is also a writer and DJ specializing in the narratives that emerge from histories of imperialism, migration, and globalization.