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Jason Black, Ph.D.
Communication Studies Areas of interest: Rhetorical studies and social change American Indian resistance LGBTQ community discourses Black liberation Read More
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Paula Connolly, Ph.D.
English Areas of Interest: Multicultural children’s literature American and British children’s literature Visual images and children’s literature 19th century American literature Images of slavery in literature, film and popular culture
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Jonathan Crane, Ph.D.
Department of Communication Studies Areas of Interest: Media Film Popular culture
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Jeffrey Leak, Ph.D.
Department of English Areas of Interest: Twentieth-century African American novel Gender and cultural studies Biography
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Janaka B. Lewis, Ph.D.
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Sean McCloud, Ph.D.
Department of Religious Studies Areas of Interest: American religions Theories and methods for the study of religions New and combinative religious movements
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Shepherd McKinley, Ph.D.
Department of History Areas of Interest: South Carolina phosphate and fertilizer industries Southern industrialization, emancipation Reconstruction Southern conservatives 1865-1920 Southern business and labor 1865-1920 Convict labor Jim Crow Industrial pollution Advertising