Adeyemi Doss, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
African American Studies
Education
- 2016 - Ph.D., Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Indiana University
- 2010 - M.A. Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Indiana University
- 2007 - B.A. Department of Sociology/Anthropology, Earlham College
Research Interests
- Scripting of the Black Masculine Body through popular media
- Philosophical Examination of Death & Social Death through African American Literature
- Visual Ethnography
- Urban Sociology
Publications and Media Placements
- Doss, A (2022) From George Ward to George Floyd: Understanding the Historical Foundation of Erasing the Black Masculine Body. Journal Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology at Indiana State University. - Accepted for publication Spring 2023.
- Doss, A (2022). “Get Out”: Examining the Existential Consequences of Existing within the Visual Filed of the White Gaze. Contribution to “Race in Contemporary Horror.”- Accepted for publication Fall 2022
- Doss, A (2021). The Air I Breathe is not Quite Like Yours. Venti Journal (Vol. 2, No. 2)- Accepted for publication Fall 2021(non-peer reviewed)
- Doss, A (2021). The Burden of Public Blackness and the Promise of Black Privacy. The North Meridian Review: A Journal of Culture and Scholarship-Accepted for publication Fall 2021
- Doss, A (2021). Being a Problem Everywhere: Dodging the White Gaze as a Black Man in Academia. Contribution to "Blackmaled by Academia." Accepted for publication Spring 2021
- Doss, A. (2013). Black Bodies, White Spaces: Understanding the Construction of White Identity through the Objectification and Lynching of Black Bodies. Black Diaspora Review (Vol. 3, No. 2) – Essay Review.
- Doss, A. (2010). John L. Jackson, Jr., Racial Paranoia: The Unintended Consequences of Political Correctness. Black Diaspora Review (Vol. 1, No. 2) – Book Review.
Honors and Awards
- Indiana State University “Master Teaching,” Terre Haute, IN, 2020-2022 Indiana State University 2020-2021 Honors College Faculty of the Year Award “In recognition of your excellent teaching and commitment to the Honors College.”
- Indiana State University College of Arts and Sciences nomination Education Excellence Award for Teaching (Tenure-Track), Terre Haute, IN, 2021
- Indiana State University College Council Certification of Recognition, Terre Haute, IN, 2018
- Indiana State University College Council Certification of Recognition, Terre Haute, IN, 2017
- William Wiggins Award, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2013
- Scholastic Achievement Award for Outstanding Leadership, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 2008