Category Archives: Authors on Issues

June 8, 2020

Q&A with Jasmine Mitchell, Author of Imagining the Mulatta: Blackness in U.S. and Brazilian Media

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Jasmine Mitchell answers some questions about her new book, Imagining the Mulatta: Blackness in U.S. and Brazilian Media. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? “You look exotic, what are you?” “Where is your family from? I mean … Continue reading →

June 4, 2020

Christine Talbot on Mormonism and Polygamy

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The following is a guest post from Christine Talbot, author of A Foreign Kingdom: Mormons and Polygamy in American Political Culture, 1852-1890. This June, we are offering a free ebook copy of her book. See the bottom of the post … Continue reading →

July 3, 2019

Paul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky On “The Difference Between Killing Humanely and a Humane Killing”

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Paul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky is a doctoral student in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne. He recently shared his thoughts with us on his article, “A Linguistic Method of Deception: The Difference Between Killing Humanely and … Continue reading →

May 15, 2019

Angelique Harris on “Emotions, Feelings, and Social Change”

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Dr. Angelique Harris is the founding director of the Center for Gender and Sexualities Studies and the Gender and Sexualities Studies Program and is an associate professor of sociology  in the Department of Social and Cultural Sciences at Marquette University. … Continue reading →

April 3, 2019

Candis Bond on “Catcalling and the College Classroom”

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Candis E. Bond is an assistant professor of English and women’s and gender studies at Augusta University, where she also serves as director of the university writing center. Her areas of expertise include writing center studies, British modernism, and women’s … Continue reading →

April 1, 2019

Authors on Issues: James E. Dobson on Critiquing Digital Humanities Methods

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The following is a guest post from James E. Dobson, author of Critical Digital Humanities: The Search for a Methodology.   The sheer number of sessions on the digital humanities at the recent Modern Language Association meeting in Chicago demonstrates … Continue reading →

March 8, 2019

Sonja Thomas on “Tap Dancing and Embodied Feminist Pedagogies”

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Sonja Thomas is an assistant professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Colby College, where she teaches courses on gender and human rights, feminist theory, critical race feminisms, and postcolonial and native feminisms. She is the author of Privileged … Continue reading →

May 30, 2018

Authors on Issues: Courtney Baker on Childish Gambino’s “This is America”

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The following is a guest post from Courtney R. Baker, the author of Humane Insight: Looking at Images of African-American Suffering and Death. ? When I first published my book on looking at images of African American suffering and death, … Continue reading →

April 23, 2018

Authors on Issues: Stefan M. Bradley on the 1968 Columbia University Student Rebellion

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The following is a guest post from Stefan M. Bradley, the author of Harlem vs. Columbia University: Black Student Power in the Late 1960s. “Racist Gym Must Go!”: Remembering the 1968 Columbia University Student Rebellion. Any story involving Alexander Hamilton, … Continue reading →

March 13, 2018

Authors on Issues: Jane Rhodes on “Black Panther” Mania

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The following is a guest post from Jane Rhodes, the author of Framing the Black Panthers: The Spectacular Rise of a Black Power Icon.  The Revolution has come. . . Again Panthermania is back. In the 1960s and 1970s, and … Continue reading →