Publications
Journals
Activating the Negative Image: Melvin Van Peebles's Watermelon Man.
Television & New Media Vol. 16 No. 7.
The Last Shall Be First: Aesthetics and Politics in Black Film and Media.
Film Quarterly, Vol. 71 No. 2.
Subverting Hollywood from the Inside Out: Melvin Van Peebles's Watermelon Man.
Film Quarterly, Vol. 68 No. 1.
Press & Digital
“Keeping it Real(ity) Television.” Watching While Black (edited by Beretta Smith-Shomade).
“Bringing the Black: Eddie Murphy and African American Humor on Saturday Night Live.” Saturday Night Live & American TV
“Why I Love Reality Television.” The New York Times. September 28, 2018
“Lena Horne’s Side-eye.” Black One Shot special section. ASAP journal
Wakanda Forever: The Pleasures, The Politics, and The Problems
Bad Mom Theory: What Snooki and Joseline Taught Me About Race, Motherhood, and Reality TV
Reclaiming the Freak: Michael Jackson and the Spectacle of Identity
“The Black-list.” In Media Res. March 25, 2015
“Talking at the Movies.” In Media Res. August 27, 2013
“Awkward: The Floating Signifier.” In Media Res. May 2, 2013
“It’s Showtime: Mitt Romney's Speech to the NAACP.” Antenna. July 14, 2012