The Departmet of African American Studies is excited to announce professor Krystal Smalls has transitioned from an affiliate faculty member to a core member!  

A bit of background on Dr. Smalls research; "I study the semiosis of race in young people's lives by conducting ethnographic research in different locations of the "African diaspora" (mostly digital or urban). My work specifically concerns the discourses and practices that constitute blackness, antiblackness, and anti-antiblackness."  

Areas of interest: 

• Linguistic Anthropology, Sociolinguistics, African Diaspora Studies
• Race, Semiotics, Digital Space, Personhood, Gender, Language Ideology, Discourse, Hip Hop, Diaspora Studies