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Dr. Smith-Purviance joins Dr. Marc Lamont Hill on his Office Hours show on October 15, 2026 at 9:00pm CST/10:00pm EST.
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Congratulations Dr. Ashley Smith-Purviance’s on your upcoming book, Unschooling Black Girls Surviving Anti-Black Violence in Suburban Schools! It will be published with UNC Press…
Congratulations AAAS Faculty member Charles Athanasopoulos ("Dr. A") on recently receiving two major awards from the National Communication Association:
The 2026 New Investigator Award…
Congratulations, Dr. Viet Trinh on being interviewed on Stupid Sexy Privacy (October 1), a podcast on data privacy and civil liberties! The episode is entitled "Everyone Is Being Watched…
Congratulations, Dr. Charles Athanasopoulos on being featured on the Breaking Culture Live Podcast (September 16) to preview the 2027 Cultural Studies Association Conference theme …
Celebrating Creative Practice, Culture, and a New Era of Hip Hop at Ohio State
Dig, Sample, Chop, Sequence: Hip Hop Studies in Practice is an evening of DJing, beat making…
AAAS & Music Hip Hop Minor
The Hip Hop minor in African American & African Studies and Music consists of 15 semester hours: 6 hours in core requirements (AFAMAST/MUSIC 3450 & 3354) and 9 semester…
Congratulations Dr. Jason Rawls on your new article,"Crate Missions and the Hip Hop Producer’s Ear: Listening, Legacy and Beat-Making as Archival Practice in Intellect Discover."
AAAS Faculty member Dr. Charles Athanasopoulos was recently elected the Vice President of the Cultural Studies Association. Per CSA guidelines, Dr. A will serve a two-year term followed by a…
Tiyi M. Morris is a Professor of African American and African Studies at The Ohio State University at the Newark campus and the co-director of the Ohio Prison Education Exchange Project (OPEEP)…
Dr. Campbell's article proposes that Black queer blogs from the early 2000s demonstrate how to preserve Black life and personhood. Please see the below link for more details.
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Dr. Ashley Smith-Purviance scholarship critically analyzes how social structures, educational policies, and institutions shape and reproduce harmful inequalities for Black women and girls. As a…
"Blackness and the Sociality of Sports: A Conversation with Fred Moten" by Roberto Sirvent, Charles Athanasopoulos and Fred Moten. Lateral 15.1 (Spring 2026). https://csalateral.org…
Congratulation to AAAS Assistant Professor, Dr. Jason Rawls, on his appearance on Sway in the Morning (April 10, 2026)!
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Congratulation Dr. Michael R. Fisher Jr. on being appointed to a three-year term as a senator representing the Division of Arts & Humanities! Dr. Fishers term runs from Fall Semester, 2026…
The article titled "Follow the Rain: Freedom Summer 2020 and Somali American Political Consciousness,” is published with The Black Scholar: Journal of Black Studies and Research. The authors—Muna…
Stevie “Dr. View” Johnson is an award-winning DJ, producer, scholar, and cultural architect whose work sits at the intersection of Black sound, creative practice, community organizing, and…
Congratulations Dr. Sunnie Rucker-Chang on your publication in a special issue of Slavic Review: Critical Forum: Blackness in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Societies. This special…
“Together We Rise: Solidarity Stories from Central Ohio" features interviews with organizers and activists Dr. Pranav Jani has worked with for 20+ years in Columbus. Many are connected with OSU. …
Congratulations AAAS Assistant Professor Dr. Zoé Samudzi on being an Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant recipient. Hooray!
Please check out the link to Zoe’s award.
Congratulation AAAS Professor Ryan Skinner on your essay celebrating the importance of the Arts and Humanities being published by NBC!
Here is a link to the article: https://www.nbc4i.com…
AAAS Assistant Professor, Dr. Charles Athanasopoulos book, Black Iconoclasm, was recently awarded the 2025 Critical and Cultural Studies Division Book of the Year Award by the National…
Please join Dr. Athanasopoulos and the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) at his upcoming virtual lecture on September 26th, 2025, 6PM-7:30PM ET. This talk is part of…
On Thursday September 25th, AAAS Assistant Professor, Ashley L. Smith-Purviance will be one of three featured speakers on the Black Girlhood Roundtable Virtual Event. Please read below and check…
Dr. Zoé Samudzi will be giving a lecture at Bard College’s Center for Human Rights and the Arts on Friday, September 26th from 12-1:30pm. Dr. Samudzi's talk is about an exhibition…
Thursday September 25th, 2025 at the Wexner Center 6pm influential producers Pete Rock and J. Rawls explore the hip hop archive through music and conversation. This event is free to OSU students…
J Rawls will be performing in Yellow Springs, Ohio at the second annual Talib Kweli KWELIFEST – hosted by Dave Chappelle. The three day event will feature performances by Jungle Brothers, Skyzoo,…