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Jona Alexander
Today’s conversation is with poet and filmmaker Jona Alexander, whose work explores the complexities of race, gender, sexuality, and identity in African American life.
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Johnathan White
Today’s conversation is with Johnathan White, who teaches in the Department of History at Penn State, Greater Allegheny. He has taught courses in history, African…
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Watufani Poe
Today’s conversation is with Watufani Poe, who teaches in the Department of Communication at Tulane University. Along with scholarly and public-facing pieces, he is completing…
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Davarian Baldwin
Today’s conversation is with Davarian Baldwin, Raether Distinguished Professor in the Department of American Studies and founding director of the Smart Cities Research Lab at…
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Natasha Henry-Dixon
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Tara T. Green
Today’s conversation is with Tara T. Green, who is the CLASS Distinguished Professor and Chair of African American Studies at the University of Houston. She…
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Tony Louis
Today’s conversation is with Tony Louis, a veteran educator with extensive experience in the public school systems of New York, Florida, and Maryland. A specialist…
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Rosa Clemente
Today’s conversation is with Rosa Clemente, a scholar, activist, and late-doctoral candidate in the Department of Afro-American Studies at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. In this…
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Anna Hinton
Today’s conversation is with Anna LaQuawn Hinton, assistant professor of Disability Studies and Black Literature & Culture in the English Department at the University of…
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Yasmine Grier
Today’s conversation is with Yasmine Grier, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Black Studies at Northwestern University. We discuss Black girlhood, critical theory, and…
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Leonard McKinnis
Today’s conversation is with Leonard McKinnis, who teaches in the Departments of Religion and African American Studies at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Along with a…
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Lisa Ze Winters
Today’s conversation is with Lisa Ze Winters, Associate Professor of African American Studies and English and Associate Chair of English at Wayne State University in…
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Mazi Mutafa
Today’s conversation is with Mazi Mutafa, founding Executive Director of Words Beats & Life, a hip-hop non-profit established in Washington D.C in 2002. Mr. Mutafa…
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Cassie Osei
Today’s conversation is with Cassie Osei, who teaches in the Department of History at Bucknell University, where she is also affiliated faculty in the Latin…
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Crystal Eddins
Today’s conversation is with Crystal Eddins, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. She holds a dual major PhD in African American & African…
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Nick Mitchell
Today’s conversation is with Nick Mitchell, who teaches in the Department of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research…
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Dexter Blackman
Today’s conversation is with Dexter Blackman, who teaches in the Department of History, Geography, and Museum Studies at Morgan State University. He researches and studies in…
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Wendell H. Marsh
Today’s conversation is with Wendell Marsh, who teaches in the Department of Africana Studies at Rutgers University, Newark. His research explores the relationship between Islamic…
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Keith Holmes
Today’s conversation is with Keith Holmes, a researcher, historian and author, and founder of Global Black Inventor Research Projects. Mr. Holmes has spent over thirty…
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Katherine Ponds
Today’s conversation is with Katherine Ponds, a late-doctoral candidate in the Department of American and African American Studies at Yale University. Her research explores the…
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Jeanelle Hope
Today’s conversation is with Jeanelle Hope, who teaches in and is Director of the program in African American Studies at Prairie View A&M University. Along…
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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