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Adeyemi Doss, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
African American Studies

Education

  • 2016 - Ph.D., Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Indiana University
  • 2010 - M.A. Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Indiana University
  • 2007 - B.A. Department of Sociology/Anthropology, Earlham College

Research Interests

  • Scripting of the Black Masculine Body through popular media
  • Philosophical Examination of Death & Social Death through    African American Literature
  • Visual Ethnography
  • Urban Sociology

Publications and Media Placements

  • Doss, A (2022) From George Ward to George Floyd: Understanding the Historical Foundation of Erasing the Black Masculine Body. Journal Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology at Indiana State University. - Accepted for publication Spring 2023.
  • Doss, A (2022). “Get Out”: Examining the Existential Consequences of Existing within the Visual Filed of the White Gaze. Contribution to “Race in Contemporary Horror.”- Accepted for publication Fall 2022
  • Doss, A (2021). The Air I Breathe is not Quite Like Yours. Venti Journal (Vol. 2, No. 2)- Accepted for publication Fall 2021(non-peer reviewed)
  • Doss, A (2021). The Burden of Public Blackness and the Promise of Black Privacy. The North Meridian Review: A Journal of Culture and Scholarship-Accepted for publication Fall 2021
  • Doss, A (2021). Being a Problem Everywhere: Dodging the White Gaze as a Black Man in Academia. Contribution to "Blackmaled by Academia." Accepted for publication Spring 2021
  • Doss, A. (2013). Black Bodies, White Spaces: Understanding the Construction of White Identity through the Objectification and Lynching of Black Bodies. Black Diaspora Review (Vol. 3, No. 2) – Essay Review.
  • Doss, A. (2010). John L. Jackson, Jr., Racial Paranoia: The Unintended Consequences of Political Correctness. Black Diaspora Review (Vol. 1, No. 2) – Book Review.

Honors and Awards

  • Indiana State University “Master Teaching,” Terre Haute, IN, 2020-2022 Indiana State University 2020-2021 Honors College Faculty of the Year Award “In recognition of your excellent teaching and commitment to the Honors College.”
  • Indiana State University College of Arts and Sciences nomination Education Excellence Award for Teaching (Tenure-Track), Terre Haute, IN, 2021
  • Indiana State University College Council Certification of Recognition, Terre Haute, IN, 2018
  • Indiana State University College Council Certification of Recognition, Terre Haute, IN, 2017
  • William Wiggins Award, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2013
  • Scholastic Achievement Award for Outstanding Leadership, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 2008