Miles P. Grier

Miles P. Grier is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Queens College, CUNY. His work bridges early modern literature, Black Atlantic studies, and cultural critique. He chairs the department and teaches courses on Shakespeare, African American drama, and early Black Atlantic writers.

Research explores how cultural artifacts like Shakespearean performance and rock music reinforce or challenge power structures. His award-winning book Inkface: Othello and White Authority in the Era of Atlantic Slavery (2023) reinterprets Othello's performance history in colonial contexts. He co-edited Early Modern Black Diaspora Studies (2018), advancing scholarship on marginalized voices.

Teaching focuses on methodological rigor and decolonizing literary studies. Courses include African American Drama, Early Black Atlantic, and graduate seminars on Shakespeare's cultural politics. His public writing critiques cultural hegemony, including analyses of August Wilson's dramaturgy and Obama-era cultural symbolism.

Awarded major prizes from the Shakespeare Association of America and Early American Literature, his work intersects race, representation, and institutional power. Current projects trace 18th-century Black Shakespeare criticism and the sociohistorical forces shaping African American drama.