Selected Articles
With the Death of bell hooks, a Generation of Feminists Lost a Foundational Figure
“With the Death of bell hooks, a Generation of Feminists Lost a Foundational Figure.” NPR. December 17, 2021.
August Wilson Wrestles with the Black Middle Class
“August Wilson Wrestles with the Black Middle Class.” August Wilson in Context, Eds. Khalid Y. Long, and Isaiah M. Wooden, Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Teaching and Modeling Freedom
“Teaching and Modeling Freedom.” Public Seminar: Special Issue on Teaching While Black at a PWI. Online. April 27, 2022.
The Sacredness of Saturday Night
The Sacredness of Saturday Night or the Gospel According to Melvin Van Peebles.” Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films. Criterion Collection, 2021.
Learning to Fly
“Learning to Fly: A Letter to My Niece and all the Other Newly Minted Black Women Assistant Professors on the Eve of my Promotion to Full Professor.” Teaching Black :The Craft of Teaching on Black Life and Literature. Eds. Ana-Maurine Lara and Drea Brown. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021.
Queen Cicely
“Queen Cicely.” New Black Man in Exile Blog. January 30, 2021.
Dancing on the Slash:Choreographing a Life as a Black Feminist Artist/Scholar
“Dancing on the Slash: Choreographing a Life as a Black Feminist Artist/Scholar.” Journal of American Drama and Theatre. Online. Spring 2021.
Lights Out: Nat ‘King’ Cole
“Lights Out: Nat ‘King’ Cole.” Review. Theatre Journal. (December 2019).
Intersectionality
“Intersectionality.” Keywords for African American Studies, Eds. Erica Edwards, Roderick Ferguson and Jeffrey Ogbar. New York University Press. 2018.
Interview: Ron Simons, Broadway Producer
“Interview: Ron Simons, Broadway Producer.” The Routledge Companion to African American Theatre and Performance. Editors, Renee Alexander-Craft, Thomas F. DeFrantz, Kathy A. Perkins and Sandra L. Richards. Routledge Press. 2018.
“‘Somebody/anybody sing a black girl’s song’: Remembering Ntozake Shange.
“ ‘somebody/anybody sing a black girl’s song’: Remembering Ntozake Shange.” New Black Man in Exile Blog. October 28, 2018.
A Single Story:’ African Women as Staged in US Theatre
“‘A Single Story:’ African Women as Staged in US Theatre.” Art, Creativity, and Politics in Africa. Eds. Toyin Falola and Abimbola Adelakun, Palgrave McMillan, 2018.
Pipeline
“Pipeline.” Review. Theatre Journal. (March 2018).
Queering Black Male Identity and Desire: Jeffrey McCune’s Dancin’ the Down Low.
“Queering Black Male Identity and Desire: Jeffrey McCune’s Dancin’ the Down Low.” Blacktino Queer Performance. Eds. E. Patrick Johnson and Ramon Rivera-Servera, Duke University Press, 2016.
The Prince and the Black Girl
“The Prince and the Black Girl.” New Black Man in Exile Blog. April 22, 2016.
The Most Important Lesson of Shondaland: Women Can’t Have It All
“The Most Important Lesson of Shondaland: Women Can’t Have It All.” The Washington Post, PostEverything, January 29, 2015.