The Black Studies Podcast is a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers - in order to explore the cultural and political meaning of Black Studies as an area of inquiry and its critical methods.
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J. Kameron Carter - Department of African American Studies, University of California, Irvine
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David Kalonji Walton - Department of History and African American Studies, Lincoln University
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Austin Lee - Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, Boston University
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Courtney Joseph - Department of History and African American Studies, Lake Forest College
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Sophia Jahadhmy and Sofia Meadows-Muriel - Department of Africana Studies, Cornell University
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Kyle T. Mays - Department of African American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Erika Denise Edwards - Department of History, University of Texas at El Paso
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Regina Bradley - Department of English, Kennesaw State University
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Rinaldo Walcott - Department of Africana and American Studies, University of Buffalo
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Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor - Department of African American Studies, Princeton University
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David Ikard - Department of African American and Diaspora Studies, Vanderbilt University
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Charisse Burden-Stelly - Department of African American Studies, Wayne State University
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Scot Brown - Department of African American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Shaida Akbarian - Department of Comparative Studies, Ohio State University
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David Green - Department of English, Howard University
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Stephanie Jones and Makeba Lavan - Department of African Diaspora Studies, Grinnell College
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J. Marlena Edwards - Department of African American Studies, Penn State University
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Michael E. Sawyer - Department of English, University of Pittsburgh
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Dominick Quinney - Department of Ethnic Studies, Albion College
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John Murillo III - Department of African American Studies, University of California, Irvine
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Deirdre Cooper Owens - Department of History and Africana Studies Institute, University of Connecticut
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Martha Biondi - Department of Black Studies, Northwestern University
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Ruth Nicole Brown, Suban Nur Cooley, LeConté Dill, Yvonne Morris - Department of African and African American Studies, Michigan State University
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Austin Jackson - Non-Fiction Writing in the Department of English, Brown University
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Mary Hicks - Department of History, University of Chicago
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Utz McKnight - Department of Gender and Race Studies, University of Alabama
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Naila Ansari, John Torrey, and Marcus Watson - Department of Africana Studies, Buffalo State University
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Jessica Marie Johnson - Department of History, Johns Hopkins University
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Jakeya Caruthers - Departments of English and Africana Studies, Drexel University
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Huey Hewitt - Department of African American Studies, Harvard University
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Cona Marshall - Department of Religion and Classics, University of Rochester
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Charles McKinney - Department of Africana Studies, Rhodes College
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Today’s conversation is with Professor Charles McKinney, author of the 2010 book Greater Freedom: The Evolution of Civil Rights Struggle in Wilson, North Carolina and the co-editor of two fantastic volumes: An Unseen Light: Black Struggles for Freedom in Memphis, Tennessee with Aram Goudsouzian from 2018 and the recently released From Rights to Liv…
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Ashley Newby and John E. Drabinski - Department of African American and Africana Studies, University of Maryland
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#24: Caleb Swann (Memphis Grizzles) & Joe Norton (PGA Tour)
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In our final installment of this unique series, we are turning our attention to the ranks of professional sports to see how sports marketing is done at the highest levels of competition.First, host Adam Schick and MELT's Director of Public Relations & Community Affairs Mark Harmon chat with Memphis Grizzles Senior Director for Development Caleb Swa…
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#23: David Adler (BizBash Media) & Ashley Medlock (NCAA)
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While there are more reasons than ever to stay home thanks to entertainment options like Netflix and Oculus, events are still the essential fabric of our social lives. Whether its a game or a full blown gala, there is intense competition in the digital age to get people outside the house with exciting live experiences. On today's show, host Adam Sc…
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#22: David Dickey (680 The Fan), Ashely Lord (Kia) & Thomas Meason (CBS Sports)
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While technology has forced sports marketers to change their approach to media buying, there is still something to be said for the power and radio and TV to amplify a brand. On today's show, we'll talk to 3 people who play critical roles in making these respective industries run: a veteran radio executive, a young television production manager and …
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#21: John Cassimus (Zoe's Kitchen) & Katherine Leonard Reed (TED)
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Over the course of this series, we have spoken to countless people who have achieved great levels of success. And while some successful people find it useful to analyze how they got to that point, others simply put their head down and keep going even when the finish line is already in the rear-view mirror. On today's show, we'll hear from two peopl…
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#20: Bruce Siegal (Learfield) & John Newby (Varsity Brands)
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When people think about jobs in sports marketing, they likely focus on front office positions with teams or league offices. What they might not consider is the variety of ways you can touch the business, and on today's show we'll help stretch that definition into the realm of both law and high school sports.First, host Adam Schick and MELT's Direct…
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