Chair - American Studies
Professor
American Studies
Black cultural and intellectual history; US cultural history and cultural studies; comparative ethnic studies; popular music and jazz studies.
Research Interests:
My current book projects include an exploration of W.E.B. Du Bois's writings on race from the 1940s and 1950s and a collaborative study, with the photographer Lewis Watts, on cultural transformations in New Orleans pre- and post-Katrina.
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