Michael “Skillzilla” Ferguson is a tall, black man, all too aware that his size makes him particularly vulnerable in America. His writing and scholarship focus on racial and social injustice — and nerd stuff. If Michael isn’t writing, then he’s sitting at home with his spouse, Dr. Sandy Ho, and watching trash television, reading comics or playing video games. He recently obtained his Master’s in English at CSU Pueblo and this fall will work full-time as an instructor in the First-Year Rhetoric and Writing Program. He hopes to be the Black professor for students who look like him that he never had. Michael also teaches English classes at CSU Pueblo and Pikes Peak State College with the goal of centering his classes around the voices of Black and other marginalized communities and scholars. Michael is always open to talk about poetry, comics and Naruto. Feel free to ask him about any of these things if you see him at an open mic.
