Dallas Donnell

Dallas Donnell is an Assistant Professor specializing in African American Studies at California Polytechnic State University. His scholarship explores the relationship between Black creative expression and systemic violence, with publications in Southern Cultures.

Education:

• Ph.D. American Studies, University of Maryland, College Park
• B.A. Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies, University of Chicago

Research Focus: Antiblack violence, trap music aesthetics, and radical Black expression in oppressive contexts.

Awards:

• Mellon Dissertation Fellowship at James Weldon Johnson Institute, Emory University