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Bobby Smith
Today’s conversation is with Bobby Smith, who teaches in the Department of African American Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Trained as a sociologist…
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Natanya Duncan
Today’s conversation is with Natanya Duncan, who teaches in the Department of Africana Studies at Queens College in New York City. In addition to a…
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Logan Shanks
Today’s conversation is with Logan Shanks, a doctoral candidate in the Department of African American and Diaspora Studies at University of California, Berkeley. Grounded in…
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Charrise Barron
Today’s conversation is with Charrise Barron, who teaches in the Department of Music at Harvard University, where she is an affiliate in African and African…
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Alessandra Raengo
Today’s conversation is with Alessandra Raengo, who teaches in the School of Film, Media, and Theater at Georgia State University. Along with many essays on Black…
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Alex Gil
Today’s conversation is with Alex Gil, who teaches in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Yale University, where he conducts introductory and advanced courses…
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Samantha Pinto
Today’s conversation is with Samantha Pinto, who teaches in the Department of English at University of Texas, Austin. Along with many essays on African American literature…
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Zahra Caldwell
Today’s conversation is with Zahra Caldwell, who teaches in the Department of Ethnic and Gender Studies Department at Westfield State University. She is an interdisciplinary…
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Will Mosley
Today’s conversation is with Will Mosley, who teaches in the Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at University of Maryland.He has published widely in…
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Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh
Today’s conversation is with Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh, who teaches in the Religious Studies department at Stanford University, where she is also an affiliate of the department…
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Earl Brooks
Today’s conversation is with Earl Brooks, Associate Professor in the Department of English at University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He teaches courses in sound studies,…
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Yveline Alexis
Today’s conversation is with Yveline Alexis, who teaches in the Department of Africana Studies at Oberlin College.She is an historian with interests in memory studies,…
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Shana L. Redmond
Today’s conversation is with Shana L. Redmond, who teachings in the Department of English at Columbia University. She is a Grammy-nominated creator, writer, and scholar…
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Mabel Wilson
Today’s conversation is with Mabel Wilson, who teaches in the Departments of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and of African American and African Diaspora Studies at…
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Brandon Byrd
Today’s conversation is with Brandon Byrd, who teaches in the Departments of History and of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Vanderbilt University. He…
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James Smethurst
Today’s conversation is with James Smethurst, who teaches in the Department of Afro-American Studies at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Along with many essays on African…
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Marcia Chatelain
Today’s conversation is with Marcia Chatelain, Penn Presidential Compact Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, she was a Professor of History and African American…
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Yvonne Chireau
Today’s conversation is with Yvonne Chireau, Peggy Chan Professor of Black Studies and Professor Emeritus of Religion at Swarthmore College. She is the author of Black…
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Régine Jean-Charles
Today’s conversation is with Régine Jean-Charles, who teaches in the Department of Africana Studies at Northeastern University. Along with many essays on Black feminism, Haiti,…
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Paula Austin
Today’s conversation is with Paula C. Austin, who teaches in the Department of African American and Black Diaspora Studies at Boston University. She is a…
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Ra Malika Imhotep
Today’s conversation is with Ra Malika Imhotep, who is assistant professor of Global African Diaspora Studies at Spelman College. The central focus of their research…
The Black Studies Podcast (2024 – present)
The Black Studies Podcast began as a Mellon grant supported project to document key voices in the history and future of the field of Black Studies. Founded by Ashley Newby and John E. Drabinski in the Department of Africana Studies at University of Maryland, the podcast has since developed into a long term project archiving the diverse, varied perspectives that comprise Black Studies as an area of inquiry and its critical methods.
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