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MacDowell Fellow with Sage Ni’Ja Whitson
Sage Ni’Ja Whitson, an award-winning queer trans/mogrifier artist and United States Artist Fellow, explores Black, queer, and transembodiedness, with their first book set for publication in 2024.
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Video: Thinking Through Hip Hop Dance with Dr. Imani Kai
On June 19, 2023, the Popular Music Books in Process series explores Hip Hop street dance and scholarship via Dr. Imani Kai Johnson’s recent works, shedding light on the overlooked relationship between music and dance in Hip Hop culture.
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Cops, Colleges, Counterinsurgency with Dr. Dylan Rodríguez
Dylan Rodriguez speaks with Roberto Sirvent: In a recent podcast interview on Millennials are Killing Capitalism, you discussed counterinsurgency in corporate and non-profit spaces, challenging academics to rethink their relationship to the university and its predatory, counterinsurgent, and colonial forces.
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Video: A Blackqueer Sexual Ethics
Elyse Ambrose (Ph.D., Drew University) is a blackqueer ethicist and educator at UC Riverside, whose forthcoming book and multimedia work explore black queer sexual ethics and spirituality, with their research supported by prestigious institutions.