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Sheena C. Howard is an American academic, author and producer. Howard is Assistant Professor of Communication at Rider University. She is also the Chair of the Black Caucus (National Communication Association)[1] and the founder of The NerdWorks Project. Dr. Howard is an award winning author whom is the recipient of the 2014 Eisner Award for her first book Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation (2013). [2]

Early life and education

Howard attended Howard University in Washington, D.C., graduating with a Ph. D. in Communication and Culture.

Career

Howard is a social justice activist and cultural critic [3], who writes about social and political events with a focus on racial and sexual minorities. From 2011 to 2013 Howard served as a Dissertation Award Committee member, AABHE. In addition, she was also a section editor for the Journal of African American Males In Education in 2009. Howard has been featured in The Washington Post,[4] National Public Radio[5] and PBS [6] for her work.

Works

  • Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation (2013) Howard discusses Black dominant masculinity within the semantic and artistic views of the comic strip and African American vernacular English. She also traces the history of Black cartoonists' contributions to the medium of comics.[4][7] . For this book, co-edited with Ronald L. Jackson,[8][9] Howard was presented with an Eisner Award, and is the first black woman to receive this prize. [10][11]
  • Black Queer Identity Matrix: Towards An Integrated Queer of Color Framework (2014) Howard focuses on the Black lesbian female identity, addressing the intersectionality of race, gender and sexual orientation, and discussing the need for a queer of color conceptual framework. The book calls for a more cohesive outline within queer studies, with a deeper perspective on the variables of ethnicity and race.
  • Critical Articulations of Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation (2014) Lexington Books.

References

  1. ^ "The Eisner Awards, Dr. Sheena C. Howard, and Watson and Holmes".. Comic Book Resources.
  2. ^ "Dr. Sheena C. Howard Wins 2014 Comic Con Eisner Award for Book 'Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation'". Good Black News.
  3. ^ "Professor Sheena Howard: 5 Interesting Facts About The First Black Woman to Win the Oscar of Comics". Kenya Foy. Clutch Magazine
  4. ^ a b "BLACK COMICS': Fresh off milestone Eisner Award, (Howard alumna) scholar goes deep beneath black-and-white of comics page at Fall for the Book [Q&A"]. The Washington Post]
  5. ^ "Rider prof makes history as first black woman to win 'Oscar of comic books' award", August 6, 2014 NewsWorks
  6. ^ "Millennials' view on transgender and race issues.". To the Contrary, PBS
  7. ^ "All Eyes On Eisner Winner Dr. Sheena Howard". Comic Creator News, by Mark C. Turner on Sep 9th, 2014
  8. ^ "Taking a Look At the Eisner Winners and Wonder Woman’s New Movie Costume!". AutoStraddle
  9. ^ "Review of Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation". Image Text: Interdisciplinary Comics Studies, Volume 8 No. 1 By Francesca Lyn
  10. ^ "Rider University professor wins 'Oscar of comics' at San Diego Comic-Con" Brendan McGrath Times of Trenton, nj.com, August 03, 2014
  11. ^ "Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation ed. by Sheena C. Howard and Ronald L. Jackson II (review)". Kathryn M. Frank, Cinema Journal, Volume 55, Number 1, Fall 2015


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