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Joshua Adams

Joshua Adams is a writer, educator, and arts and culture journalist from Chicago, Illinois. He’s particularly interested in race and gender, and how these topics intersect within art, culture, and politics in current and historical contexts. He has done work with publications such as Brooklyn Mag, PopMatters, News One, The Guardian, Ebony, Teen Vogue, Colorlines, and more.

Joshua earned his MA in Print Journalism from the University of Southern California, following earning a BA in African American Studies from the University of Virginia.

Selected Publications

On The Spectrum: The ‘Blue Ranger’ as an Autistic Superhero (Medium)
"Queen Sugar: why it’s a time travel show for black audiences" (The Guardian )
"Local author spotlights under-the-radar female mathematicians at NASA" (C-Ville Weekly)
"Writing in Subtext: The Brilliance and the Problems of ‘Steven Universe’" (PopMatters)
"‘Pitch’ and the Three-Pronged Psyche of Black Female Athletes" (Pacific Standard )
" ‘Double Talk’ and the Black Comedic Tradition in FX’s 'Atlanta'" (Medium)
"Donald Trump’s Inauguration Inspires #InaugurationBlackout Live Tweeting" (Teen Vogue)
"NAS on ‘Time Is Illmatic’ and a Rap World Without Blogs" (Ebony)
"LA Times Hires #BlackTwitter Reporter: Is This Good, Bad, Or Complicated?" (Huffington Post)
"Fatimah Asghar on Why Her New Web Series is a Love Letter to 'Brown Girls' Everywhere" (Colorlines)

Upcoming Conferences

International James Baldwin Conference (2016)
Discursos de poder: Planting, Perpetuating, and Protesting Power in Literature and Linguistics
Page 23 LitCon at Denver Comic Con
"4H: History, Hamilton, & Hip Hop in School" for the 2018 MLA Conference