Dr. Ebony Toussaint

Dr. Ebony Toussaint (PhD, MPH, MSN, RN) is a Black American nurse, public health research scientist, comic book writer, podcaster, and community advocate. She is of Gullah Geechee heritage and teaches Gullah Geechee history and culture — primarily focused on faith, foodways, and health. Her academic and professional work uses Afrofuturism and intersectionality in biosocial methods to advance health equity, and she is a member of the Comics Studies Society. In comics, Dr. Toussaint is the writer of Crash Cart — a comic series for which she received a nomination at the inaugural Zelda Awards (April 11, 2026), the new comics award founded by Karla Medrano to honor women shaping comic book culture. In 2024 she co-founded the Ororo Comics Podcast with Karla Medrano (Moon the Storyteller) — a podcast at the intersection of health, culture, and comics for women who are passionate about all three. The podcast won the Comic Book Community Award for Best Unknown Channel within months of its launch. Dr. Toussaint is also a horror writer and an avid reader of hip-hop and jazz-influenced storytelling. She is the wife of Professor Etienne C. Toussaint and mother of three.