ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2021-22. Lecturer in Modern US History, University of York.
2018-21. Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in US History, Northumbria University.
2017-18. Visiting Fulbright Professor, Elon University.
2016-17. Teaching Fellow in US History, University of Birmingham.
2018-21. Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in US History, Northumbria University.
2017-18. Visiting Fulbright Professor, Elon University.
2016-17. Teaching Fellow in US History, University of Birmingham.
PUBLICATIONS - BOOKS
Our Kind of Historian: The Work and Activism of Lerone Bennett Jr. (University of Massachusetts Press, 2022).
A House for the Struggle: The Black Press and the Built Environment in Chicago (University of Illinois Press, 2022).
Ebony Magazine and Lerone Bennett Jr.: Popular Black History in Postwar America (University of Illinois Press, 2020).
A House for the Struggle: The Black Press and the Built Environment in Chicago (University of Illinois Press, 2022).
Ebony Magazine and Lerone Bennett Jr.: Popular Black History in Postwar America (University of Illinois Press, 2020).
PUBLICATIONS - SPECIAL ISSUES
“Race, Immigration and the British Press since 1945.” Immigrants & Minorities 38, no.3 (with Simon Peplow, 2020).
“Radical American Periodicals.” Radical Americas 3, no.1 (with Victoria Bazin and Sue Currell, 2018).
“Radical American Periodicals.” Radical Americas 3, no.1 (with Victoria Bazin and Sue Currell, 2018).
PUBLICATIONS - ARTICLES AND ESSAYS
“"Getting on the Negro History Bandwagon": Selling Black History from World War II to the Dawn of Black Power.” Journal of African American History 107, no. 3. (2022).
“Hunt the Wizard! Race, Immigration, and David Duke’s 1978 Tour of Britain.” Contemporary British History 35, no. 1. (2021), pp. 100-124.
“His Light Still Shines: Corporate Advertisers and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday.” Advertising & Society Quarterly 22, no. 1. (2021), online.
“Class, Culture, and Coming of Age in Alice Browning's ‘Chicago Girl’.” African American Review 54, no. 1. (2021), pp. 259-280.
“Roil Britannia: Al Sharpton, the British Press, and the 1991 Murder of Rolan Adams.” Immigrants & Minorities 37, no. 3. (2020), pp. 184-210.
“Ben Burns and the Boundaries of Black Print in Chicago, 1942-1954.” Journal of American Studies 53, no. 3. (2019), pp. 703-724.
“Black Power Print.” Radical Americas 3, no. 1. (2018), online.
“A Hero to be Remembered: Ebony Magazine, Critical Memory and the ‘Real Meaning’ of the King Holiday.” Journal of American Studies 52, no. 2. (2018), pp. 503-527.
“Reading the Radical American Periodical.” Radical Americas 3, no. 1 (2018), online.
“Lerone Bennett, Jr.: A Life in Popular Black History.” The Black Scholar 47, no. 4. (2017), pp. 3-17.
“Black Power Across Borders.” Reviews in American History 45, no. 4. (2017), pp. 685-693.
“I See Enough Queers Walking the Streets in This City: Homosexuality and Sexual Geographies in Black Consumer Magazines during the 1970s.” Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society 18, no. 2. (2016), pp. 283-301.
“Power is 100 Years Old: Lerone Bennett, Jr., Ebony Magazine and the Roots of Black Power." The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics and Culture 9, no. 2. (2016), pp. 165-188.
“Rethinking Representations of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: A Case Study of the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission.” Journal of International Women’s Studies 14, no. 1. (2013), pp. 109-123.
“Hunt the Wizard! Race, Immigration, and David Duke’s 1978 Tour of Britain.” Contemporary British History 35, no. 1. (2021), pp. 100-124.
“His Light Still Shines: Corporate Advertisers and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday.” Advertising & Society Quarterly 22, no. 1. (2021), online.
“Class, Culture, and Coming of Age in Alice Browning's ‘Chicago Girl’.” African American Review 54, no. 1. (2021), pp. 259-280.
“Roil Britannia: Al Sharpton, the British Press, and the 1991 Murder of Rolan Adams.” Immigrants & Minorities 37, no. 3. (2020), pp. 184-210.
“Ben Burns and the Boundaries of Black Print in Chicago, 1942-1954.” Journal of American Studies 53, no. 3. (2019), pp. 703-724.
“Black Power Print.” Radical Americas 3, no. 1. (2018), online.
“A Hero to be Remembered: Ebony Magazine, Critical Memory and the ‘Real Meaning’ of the King Holiday.” Journal of American Studies 52, no. 2. (2018), pp. 503-527.
“Reading the Radical American Periodical.” Radical Americas 3, no. 1 (2018), online.
“Lerone Bennett, Jr.: A Life in Popular Black History.” The Black Scholar 47, no. 4. (2017), pp. 3-17.
“Black Power Across Borders.” Reviews in American History 45, no. 4. (2017), pp. 685-693.
“I See Enough Queers Walking the Streets in This City: Homosexuality and Sexual Geographies in Black Consumer Magazines during the 1970s.” Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society 18, no. 2. (2016), pp. 283-301.
“Power is 100 Years Old: Lerone Bennett, Jr., Ebony Magazine and the Roots of Black Power." The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics and Culture 9, no. 2. (2016), pp. 165-188.
“Rethinking Representations of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: A Case Study of the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission.” Journal of International Women’s Studies 14, no. 1. (2013), pp. 109-123.
PUBLICATIONS - BOOK CHAPTERS
“A Labor of Love: John H. White, Documerica, and Working-Class Black Chicago During the 1970s” in Simon Balto, Erik Gellman and Andrea Jackson ed., New Histories of Black Chicago (University of Illinois Press, 2022).
“Rodney King and the Nation’s Afterlives” in Douglas Field, Ian Scott and Jenny Barrett ed., Art, Culture & Ethics in Black and White: Over 100 Years of D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation (Manchester University Press, 2022).
“Get Out! (of the White House): Horror Parody and Social Commentary in the Age of Trump” in Victoria McCollum ed., Make America Hate Again: Trump-Era Horror & the Politics of Fear (Routledge, 2019).
“The Books You’ve Waited For: Ebony Magazine, the Johnson Book Division, and Black History in Print.” In Brigitte Fielder and Jonathan Senchyne ed. Against A Sharp White Background: Infrastructures of African American Print (University of Wisconsin Press, 2019).
“No Place Like Home: Chicago's Black Metropolis and the Johnson Publishing Offices, 1942-1975.” In DaMaris B. Hill ed. The Fluid Boundaries of Suffrage and Jim Crow (Lexington, 2016).
“A Double-Edged Sword: Ebony Magazine and the 2008 Obama Campaign.” In Josephine Metcalf and Carina Spaulding ed. African American Culture and Society Post Rodney King (Ashgate, 2015).
“Rodney King and the Nation’s Afterlives” in Douglas Field, Ian Scott and Jenny Barrett ed., Art, Culture & Ethics in Black and White: Over 100 Years of D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation (Manchester University Press, 2022).
“Get Out! (of the White House): Horror Parody and Social Commentary in the Age of Trump” in Victoria McCollum ed., Make America Hate Again: Trump-Era Horror & the Politics of Fear (Routledge, 2019).
“The Books You’ve Waited For: Ebony Magazine, the Johnson Book Division, and Black History in Print.” In Brigitte Fielder and Jonathan Senchyne ed. Against A Sharp White Background: Infrastructures of African American Print (University of Wisconsin Press, 2019).
“No Place Like Home: Chicago's Black Metropolis and the Johnson Publishing Offices, 1942-1975.” In DaMaris B. Hill ed. The Fluid Boundaries of Suffrage and Jim Crow (Lexington, 2016).
“A Double-Edged Sword: Ebony Magazine and the 2008 Obama Campaign.” In Josephine Metcalf and Carina Spaulding ed. African American Culture and Society Post Rodney King (Ashgate, 2015).
PUBLICATIONS - INTERVIEWS, ROUNDTABLES, DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
“Looking Backwards, Moving Forwards: The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre and Education Trust, Community Activism, and Public History Programming.” History issue tbc (2022).
"Digital Collection: 40 Years of MLK Adverts." Advertising & Society Quarterly, 22, no. 1. (2021), online.
“Newsworthy to Whom? A Conversation with Kennetta Hammond Perry.” Immigrants & Minorities 38, no.3. (2020), pp. 238-244.
“American Studies in Precarious Times.” Journal of American Studies 53, no. 3. (2019).
“Closer to the Ground: A Conversation with Ann Pancake.” Southern Spaces (2017).
"We Were All Pioneers: A Discussion with Simeon Booker.” Southern Quarterly 52, no. 1. (2014).
"Digital Collection: 40 Years of MLK Adverts." Advertising & Society Quarterly, 22, no. 1. (2021), online.
“Newsworthy to Whom? A Conversation with Kennetta Hammond Perry.” Immigrants & Minorities 38, no.3. (2020), pp. 238-244.
“American Studies in Precarious Times.” Journal of American Studies 53, no. 3. (2019).
“Closer to the Ground: A Conversation with Ann Pancake.” Southern Spaces (2017).
"We Were All Pioneers: A Discussion with Simeon Booker.” Southern Quarterly 52, no. 1. (2014).
PUBLICATIONS - BOOK REVIEWS
I have reviewed books for the following academic publications:
American Journalism
American Studies
Callaloo
Ethnicity & Race in a Changing World
Immigrants & Minorities
Journal of American Culture
Journal of American Studies
Journal of British Studies
Journal of Magazine Media
Journal of Popular Culture
Journal of Sport History
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
New York History: A Quarterly Journal
Social History
American Journalism
American Studies
Callaloo
Ethnicity & Race in a Changing World
Immigrants & Minorities
Journal of American Culture
Journal of American Studies
Journal of British Studies
Journal of Magazine Media
Journal of Popular Culture
Journal of Sport History
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
New York History: A Quarterly Journal
Social History
INVITED TALKS
2021. University of Birmingham, Centre for the Study of North America.
2021. Institute of the Black World Legacy Group.
2021. Northumbria University, Visual Culture Methodologies in Periodical Studies
2021. University of Manchester, American Studies Seminar Series
2019. Northumbria University, Visual & Material Culture Research Seminar
2019. University of Bristol, Centre for Black Humanities Seminar.
2018. Northumbria University, British Association for American Studies Postgraduate Conference
2018. University of Illinois-Chicago, Fulbright Seminar
2018. Northeastern Illinois University, Fulbright Seminar
2018. Elon University, Fulbright Seminar
2017. Stony Island Arts Bank, BMRC Seminar Series
2017. University of Salford, MediaCity Seminar Series
2016. British Library, Eccles Centre for American Studies Seminar Series
2015. Chicago Public Library, BMRC Seminar Series
2015. University of Cambridge, History Postgraduate Seminar Series.
2014. Library of Congress, Kluge Fellow Seminar Series
2013. University of Chicago, BMRC Seminar Series
2021. Institute of the Black World Legacy Group.
2021. Northumbria University, Visual Culture Methodologies in Periodical Studies
2021. University of Manchester, American Studies Seminar Series
2019. Northumbria University, Visual & Material Culture Research Seminar
2019. University of Bristol, Centre for Black Humanities Seminar.
2018. Northumbria University, British Association for American Studies Postgraduate Conference
2018. University of Illinois-Chicago, Fulbright Seminar
2018. Northeastern Illinois University, Fulbright Seminar
2018. Elon University, Fulbright Seminar
2017. Stony Island Arts Bank, BMRC Seminar Series
2017. University of Salford, MediaCity Seminar Series
2016. British Library, Eccles Centre for American Studies Seminar Series
2015. Chicago Public Library, BMRC Seminar Series
2015. University of Cambridge, History Postgraduate Seminar Series.
2014. Library of Congress, Kluge Fellow Seminar Series
2013. University of Chicago, BMRC Seminar Series
CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS
2021. “Let’s Get It Together: The Greyhound Corporation, Civil Rights, and Corporate Social Responsibility in Postwar America.” Media & Civil Rights History Symposium, University of South Carolina, SC.
2019. “John H. White, Environmental Racism, and Black Chicago during the 1970s.” American Studies Association Conference, Honolulu, HI.
2019. “Lerone Bennett, Jr. and the Politics of Black Biography.” Association for the Study of African American Life and History Conference, Charleston, SC.
2019. “BLK magazine and Black Print Respectability in the 1980s.” British Association for American Studies Annual Conference, University of Sussex, UK.
2018. “A Poem in Marble and Glass: Building Racial Uplift at 820 South Michigan Avenue.” Chicago Designs Conference, Art Institute of Chicago, IL.
2017. “Bill Cosby, Historically Black Colleges and the Limits of Black Philanthropy.” American Philanthropy, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
2016. “The Black Press and Black Media Architecture in New York and Chicago.” American Journalism Historians Association National Convention, St. Petersburg, FL.
2016. “Blanchard Dissertation Prize Roundtable.” American Journalism Historians Association National Convention, St. Petersburg, FL.
2016. “Access, Erasure, and the Johnson Publishing Archival Collections.” Across Borders: Print and Periodical Studies in Motion, New York City College of Technology, NY.
2016. “A World Of Our Own: Hoyt Fuller, Black World, and the Politics of Space.” Radical America: Revolutionary, Dissident and Extremist Magazines, University of Sussex, UK.
2016. “Why Is My Curriculum White? Challenging Historical Practices in British Higher Education.” Crossroads: The Future of Graduate History Education, Drew University, NJ.
2015. “Ebony Magazine, the Johnson Book Division, and Black Print Cultures in the 1960s.” Network of American Periodicals Symposium, British Library, UK.
2015. “The Liberty to Show the Dark Side: Birth of a Nation, Johnson Publishing Company and Corporate Responsibility in Post-war America.” Art, Culture and Ethics in Black and White, 100 Years of The Birth of a Nation, University of Manchester, UK.
2015. “Ben Burns and the Boundaries of Black Print.” MELUS Annual Conference, Athens, GA.
2015. “Power was Changing Colors: Lerone Bennett Jr., Stokely Carmichael and Black Power Past and Present.” Media & Civil Rights History Symposium, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
2014. “This Issue is a History Book in Itself: Ebony Magazine and the Pedagogy of Black History.” African American Expression in Print and Digital Culture, University of Wisconsin, WI.
2014. “His Light Still Shines: Ebony Magazine, American Advertisers and King’s Rhetorical Legacy.” British Association for American Studies Annual Conference University of Birmingham, UK)
2012. “Reconsidering Representations of Sexual Violence in the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission.” Forced Marriage, Gender and Conflict Situations: Partnerships for Historical and Comparative Research, Nairobi, Kenya.
2012. “American Dress and African Identity in the Emerging Liberian State.” Rags and Riches: Dress and Dress Accessories in Social Context, Reading University, UK.
2019. “John H. White, Environmental Racism, and Black Chicago during the 1970s.” American Studies Association Conference, Honolulu, HI.
2019. “Lerone Bennett, Jr. and the Politics of Black Biography.” Association for the Study of African American Life and History Conference, Charleston, SC.
2019. “BLK magazine and Black Print Respectability in the 1980s.” British Association for American Studies Annual Conference, University of Sussex, UK.
2018. “A Poem in Marble and Glass: Building Racial Uplift at 820 South Michigan Avenue.” Chicago Designs Conference, Art Institute of Chicago, IL.
2017. “Bill Cosby, Historically Black Colleges and the Limits of Black Philanthropy.” American Philanthropy, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
2016. “The Black Press and Black Media Architecture in New York and Chicago.” American Journalism Historians Association National Convention, St. Petersburg, FL.
2016. “Blanchard Dissertation Prize Roundtable.” American Journalism Historians Association National Convention, St. Petersburg, FL.
2016. “Access, Erasure, and the Johnson Publishing Archival Collections.” Across Borders: Print and Periodical Studies in Motion, New York City College of Technology, NY.
2016. “A World Of Our Own: Hoyt Fuller, Black World, and the Politics of Space.” Radical America: Revolutionary, Dissident and Extremist Magazines, University of Sussex, UK.
2016. “Why Is My Curriculum White? Challenging Historical Practices in British Higher Education.” Crossroads: The Future of Graduate History Education, Drew University, NJ.
2015. “Ebony Magazine, the Johnson Book Division, and Black Print Cultures in the 1960s.” Network of American Periodicals Symposium, British Library, UK.
2015. “The Liberty to Show the Dark Side: Birth of a Nation, Johnson Publishing Company and Corporate Responsibility in Post-war America.” Art, Culture and Ethics in Black and White, 100 Years of The Birth of a Nation, University of Manchester, UK.
2015. “Ben Burns and the Boundaries of Black Print.” MELUS Annual Conference, Athens, GA.
2015. “Power was Changing Colors: Lerone Bennett Jr., Stokely Carmichael and Black Power Past and Present.” Media & Civil Rights History Symposium, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
2014. “This Issue is a History Book in Itself: Ebony Magazine and the Pedagogy of Black History.” African American Expression in Print and Digital Culture, University of Wisconsin, WI.
2014. “His Light Still Shines: Ebony Magazine, American Advertisers and King’s Rhetorical Legacy.” British Association for American Studies Annual Conference University of Birmingham, UK)
2012. “Reconsidering Representations of Sexual Violence in the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission.” Forced Marriage, Gender and Conflict Situations: Partnerships for Historical and Comparative Research, Nairobi, Kenya.
2012. “American Dress and African Identity in the Emerging Liberian State.” Rags and Riches: Dress and Dress Accessories in Social Context, Reading University, UK.
MAJOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
2021. Research Fellow. John W. Kluge Center, Library of Congress.
2018. Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship. Northumbria University/Leverhulme Trust.
2017. Fulbright Scholarship. Elon University/US-UK Fulbright Commission.
2017. BMRC Fellow. University of Chicago.
2016. Postdoctoral Fellow. Eccles Centre for American Studies, British Library.
2015. BMRC Fellow. University of Chicago.
2015. Carter G. Woodson Fellow. Archives & Special Collections, Emory University.
2014. Postgraduate Fellow. Eccles Centre for American Studies, British Library.
2014. Research Fellow. John W. Kluge Center, Library of Congress.
2013. BMRC Fellow. University of Chicago.
2012. AHRC Doctoral Fellowship. University of Manchester.
2011. SSHRC Masters Fellowship. University of Liverpool.
2018. Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship. Northumbria University/Leverhulme Trust.
2017. Fulbright Scholarship. Elon University/US-UK Fulbright Commission.
2017. BMRC Fellow. University of Chicago.
2016. Postdoctoral Fellow. Eccles Centre for American Studies, British Library.
2015. BMRC Fellow. University of Chicago.
2015. Carter G. Woodson Fellow. Archives & Special Collections, Emory University.
2014. Postgraduate Fellow. Eccles Centre for American Studies, British Library.
2014. Research Fellow. John W. Kluge Center, Library of Congress.
2013. BMRC Fellow. University of Chicago.
2012. AHRC Doctoral Fellowship. University of Manchester.
2011. SSHRC Masters Fellowship. University of Liverpool.