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.

Digital Platforms and Agency

"Puppet using tablet" by Brett Jordan on Unsplash (2019).
By Delores B. Phillips, Reed Van Schenck, Elaine Venter, Kelsey Cummings, Nina Medvedeva, Nathalie Schäfer and Chris Alen Sula

Delores Phillips and Cultural Studies Association’s New Media & Digital Cultures Working Group Cochairs Reed Van Schenck and Elaine Venter discuss their special section entitled Digital Platforms and Agency, which appeared in Lateral 14.2 (Fall 2025), with additional content from three of the included authors: Kelsey Cummings (Christopher Newport University), Nina Medvedeva (Winona State University), and Nathalie Schäfer (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar) This podcast is accompanied by a scholarly commentary by Chris Alen Sula.

Crip Silences, Crip Futurities, Crip Joy

Frost flowers. Photo by Alyson Patsavas.
By Delores B. Phillips, Alyson Patsavas, Theodora Danylevich, Alyson K. Spurgas, Jess Whatcott and Angela Carter

Delores Phillips and Cultural Studies Association’s Crip Cultures/Critical Disability Studies Working Group Co-Host Theodora Danylevich discuss crip silences, crip futurities, and crip joy with authors Alyson Patsavas (University of Illinois, Chicago), Alyson K. Spurgas (Trinity College), and Jess Whatcott (San Diego State University). This podcast is accompanied by a scholarly commentary by Angela Carter.

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.