Cathy Hannabach interviews Cynthia Franklin about movement politics, life writing, and radical solidarity beyond the human.
Resources: American studies
Katie Walkiewicz on Indigenous and Black Freedom
Cathy Hannabach interviews Katie Walkiewicz about the role of states’ rights in US settler colonialism, enslavement, and dispossession.
Jasmine Nichole Cobb on Haptic Blackness
Cathy Hannabach interviews Jasmine Nichole Cobb about haptic blackness and the cultural politics of Black hair in US visual culture.
Mairead Sullivan on Lesbian Feminist World-building
Cathy Hannabach interviews women’s and gender studies professor Mairead Sullivan about the histories and futures of lesbian feminism.
Josen Masangkay Diaz on Postcolonial Configurations
Cathy Hannabach interviews ethnic studies scholar Josen Masangkay Diaz about US–Philippine relations during the Cold War and Filipino America today.
Jennifer Lynn Kelly on Anticolonial Solidarity Tourism
Cathy Hannabach interviews Jennifer Lynn Kelly about the temporality of ethnographic research and letting our writing projects change over time.
Josef Nguyen on the Politics of Flexibility
Cathy Hannabach interviews digital media scholar Josef Nguyen about the promises and perils of flexible planning in education, work, and life.
Anima Adjepong on Interdisciplinary Intuition
Cathy Hannabach interviews Anima Adjepong about intuition in the research process, intellectual promiscuity, and their book Afropolitan Projects.
Nitasha Tamar Sharma on Recalibration and Balance
Cathy Hannabach interviews Nitasha Tamar Sharma about balance and recalibrating work and life across one’s interdisciplinary career.
Catherine Knight Steele on Black Feminist Extensions of Grace
Cathy Hannabach interviews Catherine Knight Steele about extensions of grace, collaboration, and the future of Black digital studies.
Christopher Ali on Building a More Connected World
Cathy Hannabach interviews Christopher Ali about the politics of of rural broadband access and connectivity.
Priya Kandaswamy on Embracing Permanent Change
Cathy Hannabach interviews Priya Kandaswamy about embracing permanent change in our classrooms, communities, and creative endeavors.
Mark Villegas on Collaborative Abundance in Hip-Hop Cultures
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews filmmaker and scholar Mark Villegas about how foregrounding abundance can transform academia and build new worlds.
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan on Cultivating Joy through Queer Black Feminist Art
Cathy Hannabach interviews Mecca Jamilah Sullivan about centering queer Black feminist joy in literature and life.
La Marr Bruce on Renewal, Loss, and Black Creativity
Cathy Hannabach interviews La Marr Bruce about how loss shapes academic research and the role of madness in Black creative expression.
Hiʻilei Julia Kawehipuaakahaopulani Hobart on Transgenerational Inspiration
Cathy Hannabach interviews Kānaka Maoli food studies scholar Hiʻilei Julia Kawehipuaakahaopulani Hobart about inspiration and writing.
Badia Ahad-Legardy on Black Historical Joy and Inspiration
Cathy Hannabach interviews Badia Ahad-Legardy about Black historical joy and cultivating intellectual and political inspiration in our daily practices.
Gwen D’Arcangelis on Inspiration for Scholar-Activists
Cathy Hannabach interviews scholar-activist Gwen D’Arcangelis about cultivating inspiration in academic life and research.