EVANSTON, Ill. – When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its 2016 Oscar nominations this morning, diversity was almost completely missing. The overwhelming response was quickly reflected in the trending hashtag, #OscarsSoWhite.
The following Northwestern University professors are available for interviews about the 2016 Oscar nominations and their larger implications on pop culture.
Harvey Young is a professor of radio, television and film, theatre, performance studies and African-American studies in the School of Communication at Northwestern. His research on the performance and experience of race has been widely published in academic journals, profiled in The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal and The Chronicle of Higher Education, and he as been cited in The New York Times and The Boston Globe. Read his full bio here. He can be reached at 847-491-3262 (o), 847-708-4060 (m) or [email protected].
Miriam Petty is an assistant professor of radio, television and film in the School of Communication at Northwestern. She has taught and lectured widely on film, African- American literature and Black popular culture. Her book, “Stealing the Show: African American Performers and Audiences in 1930s Hollywood,” explores the complex relationships between black audiences and black performers in the classical Hollywood era. Read her full bio here. She can be reached at [email protected].
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