Who Gets to Save the World? ‘Ms. Marvel’ Debuts Muslim Superhero.
“The consumer now has to deal with a new type of Black person – a Black person that can fly, not a Black person that says, ‘Yessir, boss,’” says Dr. Nama, who is a…
Super Professor: Adilifu Nama Talks African American Studies at LMU, Black Panther, Prince, and Pop Culture
It was 10 years ago that Professor Adilifu Nama made his way from California State University Northridge to LMU’s African American Studies Department. His research, and the courses he teaches, focus on the intersection of…
The Takeaway Speaks With Adilifu Nama
The Takeaway spoke to Adilifu Nama, a professor of African-American Studies at Loyola Marymount University and author of the books “Super Black: American Pop Culture” and “Black Superheroes and I Wonder U: How Prince…
When Blackness Is A Superpower
In his book “Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes,” Adilifu Nama, a professor of African-American Studies at Loyola Marymount University, writes about Falcon’s transformation in the 1970s from Captain America’s sidekick to…
Adilifu Nama
Black Representation in Film and Television, afrofuturism, SciFi Film, Prince, comics, Film, Race, American Pop Culture, Astro-Blackness
Dance Major Gillian Ebersole Receives LMU’s 2020 Marian Award and Scholar of the Year
Gillian Therese Ebersole is the recipient of the LMU 2020 Marian Award and she has been named LMU Scholar of the Year. Ebersole, who is earning a dual degree in dance and English, had…
EMBA International Experience Pivots Amid Pandemic
LMU EMBA students had their bags packed for a 10-day trip to Colombia and Panama in mid-March when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, forcing the university to cancel all international travel. Staying true to the…
