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Congratulations Dr. Sunnie Rucker-Chang on Your Appointment to The Ohio State University Press Board!
Congratulations Dr. Sunnie Rucker-Chang on your well deserved appointment to The Ohio State University Press Board!
Sunnie Rucker-Chang is the Interim Chair of the Department of…

African American and African Studies Inaugural Summer Residency Program
Last month, the Department of African American & African Studies at The Ohio State University hosted its inaugural summer residency program. Funded by the Andrew W.…

Ohio State Professor's History of Activism and Global Scholarship
Check out the link for the article from The Lantern about Dr. Lupenga Mphande's remarkable history of activism and global scholarship. https://www.thelantern.com/2025/04/ohio-state-…

U.S. Public Trust in Higher Ed Rises from Recent Low
U.S. Public Trust in Higher Ed Rises From Recent Low

Interview with Dr. Jason Rawls on Diddy Verdict & Hip Hop
Link to interview below.
SKY NEWS - Diddy Verdict, July 2 2025 shareable (540).mp4

Congratulation Dr. Zalika Ibaorimi on Your Publication in Women & Performance!
Congratulations Dr. Zalika Ibaorimi on your recent article titled "The Pornographer and the Party: Humanism's Sensuous Dismemberment of Black Femme Body" in Women & Performance: A Journal of…

BLACK MUSLIM REFUGEE BY MAXAMED ABUMAYE
Congratulation Dr. Abu-Maye on your recently published book, Black Muslim Refugee!
This multisited project, the first of its kind, exposes the links between US military violence abroad and…
Congratulating Dr. Ibaorimi on Your Book Contract with Duke University Press
Congratulations Dr. Zalika Ibaorimi on signing a book contract with Duke University Press! The upcoming book is called “HAUNTED FEMMES,HAUNTING SPECTATORS: HUMAN MATERIAL AND DIGITAL ENFLESHMENTS…

Black Iconoclasm Awarded First Book Prize at the Cultural Studies Association
On May 30th, 2025, Black Iconoclasm: Public Symbols, Racial Progress, and Post/Ferguson America was awarded The Cultural Studies Association’s 2025 First Book Prize. During the CSA Plenary,…