Articles by Delores B. Phillips

Delores B. Phillips is Director of the African, African American, and Diaspora (AAAD) Studies Center and Associate Professor of English at James Madison University. She specializes in postcolonial literature and theory with a focus on food and waste studies and digital cultures. Her publications appear in Cultural Critique, Narrative Cultures, The Routledge Handbook of African Literature, Postcolonial Studies, Food and Feminism, and other venues.

AI Literacy and the Changing Digital Political Landscape

Erica and Derek: DALL-E/ChatGPT-generated image, profiling the Democratic-leaning and Republican-leaning "undecided voter" going into the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Image generated on May 13, 2025, using GPT-4o and DALL·E 3.
By Elizabeth Losh, Rita Raley, Delores B. Phillips, Reed Van Schenck and Stefania Milan

Delores Phillips and Cultural Studies Association’s New Media and Digital Cultures Working Group Co-Host Reed Van Schenck discuss AI literacy, digital politics, and the 2024 US presidential election with authors Elizabeth Losh (William and Mary) and Rita Raley (UC Santa Barbara). This podcast is accompanied by a scholarly commentary by Stefania Milan.

Chimerica: Disorienting Politics

By Fan Yang, Kathalene Razzano, Delores B. Phillips, Mark Tseng-Putterman and Marcus Breen

Delores Phillips and Cultural Studies Association’s Globalization and Culture Working Group Co-Host Kathalene Razzano discuss Disorienting Politics: Chimerican Media and Transpacific Entanglements (University of Michigan Press, 2024) with author Fan Yang, along with writer and historian Mark Tseng-Putterman. This podcast is accompanied by a scholarly commentary by Marcus Breen.