Julian C. Chambliss

Dr. Julian Chambliss is Professor of English and Val Berryman Curator of History at Michigan State University, where he co-directs the Digital Humanities and Literary Cognition Lab. His interdisciplinary scholarship examines race, culture, and power through Afrofuturism, comics studies, and urban history. His recent publications analyze Black speculative practice, comic book representation, and digital humanities methodologies.

Exhibition work includes Beyond the Black Panther: Visions of Afrofuturism (MSU Museum) and documentary production (Afrofantastic for WKAR PBS). His research engages digital projects like Comics as Data North America and Critical Fanscape, mapping comic culture through library metadata analysis.