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John Brooks is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Comparative Studies and the Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts at The Ohio State University. His research focuses on Black creative expression from the 19th century to the present, radical aesthetics, performance studies, and Black futurity. He holds a Ph.D. from Indiana University and an M.A. from the University of South Carolina. Brooks is the author of The Racial Unfamiliar: Illegibility in Contemporary Black Literature and Culture (2022), examining experimental works that challenge racial discourse through opacity. His work has been supported by institutions like the Emory University Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry. He teaches courses including African American Theatre History and Criticizing Television.
His scholarship spans Black sound studies, visual culture, and literary analysis, with recent articles exploring Jimi Hendrix’s sonic radicalism, Frederick Douglass’s rhetorical strategies, and the aesthetics of #BlackLivesMatter defacement. Brooks also engages with contemporary issues like Black satire in media and the intersection of music and racial politics.
