Dr. Bryce Henson

Biography

Bryce Henson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication & Journalism at Texas A&M University. He received his PhD in Communications with a focus on cultural studies and interpretative theory from the Institute of Communications Research, along with a graduate minor in Latin American & Caribbean Studies from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His research and teaching interests encompass African Diaspora studies, cultural studies, global Black intellectual traditions, urban studies, marronage and aquilombamento, media studies, popular culture, qualitative methods, and critical ethnography. Henson is the author of 'Emergent Quilombos: Black Life Hip-Hop Brazil,' which won multiple awards, including the 2024 National Communication Association Critical/Cultural Studies Division Book Year Award. He has also co-edited a volume on new colonialism and has published articles and book chapters across various fields including communication, cultural studies, and anthropology. Henson has been recognized for his ongoing book-length projects that investigate the intersections of carnival culture and societal constructs of exclusion and identity. He is actively involved in several scholarly associations and serves on advisory boards, further contributing to his field's academic discourse.

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