My Background
Personal Profile
Randiesia Fletcher, M.Ed., is a Cultural Arts Scholar, Curator, and Master Teaching Artist whose interdisciplinary practice combines visual art, literature, and cultural research. Specializing in artistic anthropology and auto-ethnographic methods, she explores cultural phenomena through lived experience to illuminate broader social, cultural, and political narratives.
A retired veteran of the United States Marine Corps, Fletcher is also a fellow of the Tucson Public Voices Fellowship, a civic leadership initiative led by the Women’s Foundation for the State of Arizona and the University of Arizona. She is the author of three books and an Op-Ed writer whose work engages themes of culture, identity, and mental health.
Her artwork—created in oil, oil pastel, ceramics, and printmaking—has been exhibited at the University of Arizona Museum of Art and the Sedona Arts Center. Fletcher’s work centers the histories and cultural legacy of the African Diaspora while inviting dialogue, healing, and shared understanding.
Education
2001-2003
University of Arizona
Completed coursework at the University of Arizona while serving on active duty in the United States Marine Corps, concentrating in Creative Writing and Anthropology. Research explored celestial navigation and the cultural economies of Masi-making in the Republic of Fiji. This interdisciplinary study informed an expanding body of writing shaped by diverse literary traditions within and beyond the African Diaspora.
2004-2006
University Phoenix
Completed graduate studies at the University of Phoenix in Secondary Teacher Education, with an emphasis on youth and adult learning. Research engaged Albert Bandura’s social learning theory and Howard Gardner’s framework of multiple intelligences to inform pedagogical practice. This interdisciplinary training advanced qualitative research skills, including observational analysis and interview-based inquiry.
