The Future of Autoethnography is Black

Aisha Durham is an associate professor of Communication and 2019 Fulbright-Hays Fellow at the University of South Florida where she uses autoethnography, performance writing, and intersectionality to examine power, identity, and culture. Research about hip-hop feminism is published in her monograph, Home with Hip Hop Feminism: Performances in Communication and Culture, and her edited books, Globalizing Cultural Studies: Ethnographic Interventions in Theory, Method, and Policy and Home Girls Make Some Noise! Hip Hop Feminism Anthology. email: [email protected]

Marquese McFerguson is an instructor and recent doctoral graduate in the Department of Communication at the University of South Florida where he examines hip hop and American popular culture from a Black feminist perspective. McFerguson situates his research on Black masculinity in performance studies and critical cultural studies where he employs spoken-word poetry and autoethnography. He is a 2018 recipient of the John T. Warren top paper award sponsored by the NCA Ethnography Division. email: [email protected]

Sasha Sanders is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Communication at the University of South Florida. Her embodied, reflexive approach to exploring media and culture engages Black feminist thought, critical cultural studies, and performance studies in Communication. She is a 2020 recipient of the top paper award sponsored by the Western States Communication Association Performance Studies Division. email: [email protected]

Anjuliet G. Woodruffe is a doctoral student and graduate teaching assistant in the Department of Communication at the University of South Florida. She is a scholar whose research interests intersect critical race, cultural studies, and women and gender studies. She uses autoethnography, performance studies, and Black feminist thought to analyze representations of transnationals living in the United States. email: [email protected]