Dan C. Castilow II

Dr. Dan C. Castilow II is an Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies at California Polytechnic State University. His research explores diasporic Blackness, popular culture, and gender through cultural and postcolonial frameworks, with current ethnographic work in Trinidad and Tobago and Southern U.S. Black communities.

Education:

• Ph.D. Anthropology, Tulane University
• B.A. International Studies, Morehouse College

Research Interests: African diaspora studies, Black masculinity, and leisure as sites of cultural expression.

Awards:

• Fulbright Fellowship (Trinidad and Tobago research)
• Southern Regional Education Board Doctoral Fellowship