{"id":2451,"date":"2026-09-25T10:27:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T16:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/history\/?page_id=2451"},"modified":"2026-09-25T10:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T16:32:09","slug":"dr-denae-powell","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/history\/dr-denae-powell\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Denae Powell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/history\/files\/2026\/09\/powell-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"275\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Assistant Professor<\/strong><br \/>\nEmail: denae.powell@jsums.edu<br \/>\nPhone: 601-979-2191<br \/>\nLocation: Dollye M.E. Robinson Building, Office 344<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>DEGREES:<\/strong><br \/>\nPh.D. \u2013 Pan-African Studies, University of Louisville (2022)<br \/>\nM.A. \u2013 Arts Leadership, University of Houston (2017)<br \/>\nB.A. \u2013 Education, Tougaloo College (2015)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>RESEARCH INTERESTS:<\/strong><br \/>\nBlack Women\u2019s History<br \/>\nAfrican American Studies<br \/>\nPan African Studies<br \/>\nRace &amp; Media<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>COURSES TAUGHT:<\/strong><br \/>\nHIST 101: History of Civilization I<br \/>\nHIST 102: History of Civilization II<br \/>\nHIST 385: History of African American Women<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>PROFESSSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:<\/strong><br \/>\nNational Council for Black Studies (NCBS)<br \/>\nThe Southern Conference on African American Studies, Inc. (SCAASI)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>PUBLICATIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Book Chapter:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Powell, W. D. (Awaiting Excepted Publication Date). Resounding Resistance \u2013 A critical examination of the historical and mediated resistance in John Singleton\u2019s Rosewood (1997). In J. Carr, John Singleton: The Soulful Auteur. Bloomington: Indiana University Press<\/p>\n<p><em>Journal Articles:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Crawford, M., Muhammad Murphy, W.D., Pegram, B. (2026). \u201cThe World is Yours\u201d: BlackPlanet.com and the Black Birth of the Social Media Age. The Griot: The Journal of African American Studies<\/p>\n<p>Powell, W. D. (2022). Say a Word: A Textual Analysis of News Coverage of the 1961 Tougaloo Nine Study-In. The Griot: The Journal of African American Studies, 16-30<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/history\/files\/2026\/09\/Powell-Vita.pdf\">FULL CURRICULUM VITA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assistant Professor Email: denae.powell@jsums.edu Phone: 601-979-2191 Location: Dollye M.E. Robinson Building, Office 344 &nbsp; DEGREES: Ph.D. \u2013 Pan-African Studies, University of Louisville (2022) M.A. \u2013 Arts Leadership, University of Houston (2017) B.A. \u2013 Education, Tougaloo College (2015) &nbsp; RESEARCH INTERESTS: Black Women\u2019s History African American Studies Pan African Studies Race &amp; Media &nbsp; COURSES TAUGHT: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3704,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2451"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3704"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2451"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2460,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2451\/revisions\/2460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}