School of Visual Art and Design
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Ashley Young
| Title: | Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Film and Media Studies |
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| School of Visual Art and Design | ||
| Email: | AY13@mailbox.sc.edu | |
| Office: | McMaster 218 | |
| Resources: | Curriculum Vitae
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Education
Ph.D. University of Southern California, 2021
Biography
Dr. Ashley S. Young is a scholar of race and media with an emphasis on African American
film and television. Dr. Young received her doctorate from the University of Southern
California School of Cinematic Arts in Cinema and Media Studies. Her primary research
interests include African American media studies, Black cultural politics, television
studies, and star studies. Dr. Young’s most recent publication centers Black-themed
award shows to trace the explicit ways that Black actresses use shout outs, public
expressions of appreciation, in acceptance speeches to create an alternative archive
of Black women’s accomplishments onscreen.
Courses
African American Cinema
African American Television
American Television
Film & Media Analysis
Media Culture
African American Television
American Television
Film & Media Analysis
Media Culture
Recent Publications
“‘There Would Be No Kerry Washington Without Diahann Carroll’: Shout Out Culture,
Sisterhood and the Discourse of Black Womanhood,” The Velvet Light Trap: A Critical
Journal of Film & Television, no. 89 (2022): 5-15.
“227, Colorblind Racism and Television, Diff’rent Strokes, Gimme a Break!, Good Times,
How to Get Away With Murder, Living Single, The Jeffersons.” Race in American Television:
Voices and Visions That Shaped a Nation. Ed. David Leonard and Stephanie Troutman
Robbins. Santa Barbara: Greenwood, 2021.
“Televising Black Politics in the Black Power Era: Black Journal and Soul!” with Christine Acham, American Archive of Public Broadcasting, 2020.
“Esther Rolle.” American National Biography. Oxford UP, (2019).