Kamahra Ewing
Assistant Professor
Kamahra Ewing is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English and the African American and Africana Studies Program, with a specialization in the Global Black Studies, Postcolonial, Global South, Media/Film Studies, Ethnography, Gender, and Religion. She has collected mixed methods ethnographic qualitative and quantitative research within African immigrant and Black Atlantic communities in Brazil, Jamaica, and the United Kingdom.
Contact Information
kamahra.ewing@uky.edu
1331 Patterson Office Tower
(859) 257-4376
Education
Ph.D. in African American and African Studies at Michigan State University (MSU), East Lansing, MI. | Dec. 2016
Dissertation Title: “Nollywood Goes to Brazil: Counter-hegemonic Media Flows in the African Diaspora.”
M.A. in American Studies at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. | Dec. 2009
Thesis: “Virtual Social Capital in the Obama Campaign.”
B.A. in Social Relations at James Madison College, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. | Dec. 2001
B.A. in Spanish at College of Arts & Letters, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. | Dec. 2001
Dissertation Title: “Nollywood Goes to Brazil: Counter-hegemonic Media Flows in the African Diaspora.”
M.A. in American Studies at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. | Dec. 2009
Thesis: “Virtual Social Capital in the Obama Campaign.”
B.A. in Social Relations at James Madison College, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. | Dec. 2001
B.A. in Spanish at College of Arts & Letters, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. | Dec. 2001
Research Interests
- African Diaspora
- film and media studies
- Contemporary Africa and Post-colonial/Decolonial Theories
- Global South Studies
- Brazil and Latin America
- Gender and ethnic identity
- ethnography
- African African American and Caribbean Literature and Culture
- Multicultural American literature
Affiliations
- English
- African American and Africana Studies
- International Film Studies
- Social Theory