(2016) University of South Florida Humanities Institute
Lecture associated with reciept of the 2016 William H. Scheuerle Distinguished Humanities Alumni Award
(2015). Bluefield State College
Film screening of “White Scripts and Black Supermen” and invited lecture
(2015). National Association of Multicultural Education (New Orleans)
Film Screening and Discussion of “The E-Word”
(2015). Association for the Study of African American Life and History
The E-Word: A Documentary on the Ebonics Debate
(2015). “Giant Negroes and Beyond.” Blackademics, University of Texas at Austin.
(2014). “Scripts and Improvisations: Black Masculine Representation and Performance.” Agnes Scott College.
(2013). “Fascination and Fear: American Popular Culture and the Black Masculine Fetish.” University of South Florida Humanities Institute.
(2013). Screening and Discussion, United States Embassy to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean.(2013). Screening, University of the West Indies.
(2012). Screening, Science Fiction and Fantasy International Conference / Colóquio Internacional sobre Ficção Científica e Fantasia, The University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies (Portugal).
(2012). Screening, Third International Comics Conference, Bournemouth University, London.
(2012). Lagos Comic Convention, Nigeria.
Invited Screenings
(2013) Screening and Discussion, George Mason University.
(2013) Screening and Discussion, University of North Georgia.
(2013) Screening and Discussion, College of Wooster.
(2013) Screening and Discussion, Pan-African Studies Department, University of Louisville.
(2013) Screening, Project Humanities Spring 2013 Kickoff Week: “Heroes, Superheroes & Superhumans”, Arizona State University.
(2013) Screening and Discussion, Black Geek Week, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
(2013) Screening, Black History Month Youth Film Series, Schomburg Center for Research of Black Culture.
(2013) Screening and Discussion, San Francisco Museum of the African Diaspora.
(2013) Screening and Discussion, Black History Month 2013, New Jersey City University.
(2013) Screening, Men of Color Hopkins Alliance (MOCHA)/Center for Africana Studies, John Hopkins University.
(2013) Screening and Discussion, John Hopkins University.
(2013) Screening, The Baobab Cultural Center.
(2013) Screening, Black Comic Book Festival, Schomburg Center for Research of Black Culture.
(2012). Screening and Discussion, Berry College.
(2012). Screening and Discussion, A Celebration of Black History Through Film, Mayor’s Office, Oakland California.
(2012). Screening and Discussion, Jacksonville Public Library.
(2011).Screening, 2011 National Council for Black Studies Conference.
(2010). Screening and Discussion, Alien Encounters, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History.
(2102). Research Presentation, Educational Anthropology, University of Maryland College Park
(2012). Screening, Lecture and Discussion of White Scripts and Black Supermen. Connecticut College.
(2011). Screening, Lecture and Discussion of White Scripts and Black Supermen. Rhodes College.
(2011). Screening, Lecture and Discussion of Shaft or Sidney Poitier. Rollins College.
(2011). Anthropology and the Graphic Image: Intersections and Influences. University of South Florida.
(2011). Shaft or Sidney Poitier: Black Masculinity in Comic Books (Black History Month Presentation). Pasco-Hernando Community College.
(2011). Imagining the Black Masculine. Heider Screening & Lecture in Visual Anthropology. University of South Carolina.
(2010). Shaft or Sidney Poitier: Constructing the Black Masculine Body in Comic Books. Paper presented as part of the “Dark Tower” Lecture Series. Emory University.
(2010). Interrogating the Representation of Early African-American Comic Book Masculinity. Association for the Study of African American Life and History Conference. Raleigh, NC.
(2008). Masculinity and Misogyny in Blade. Paper presented as part of the “Fantastic Creatures” Lecture Series. Atlanta Art Institute.
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