Research and Media Expertise

  1. Smith, C., & Coleman, L. S. (2022). Ancestor is king: the role of Afrofuturism in Beyoncé’s Black is King. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 39(4), 247-259.

  2. Tyree, T. C. M., & Smith, C. (2024). An Analysis of Women Rappers’ Lyrical and Video Performances in Hip Hop Collaborations. Howard Journal of Communications, 1–18.

  3. Williams, M. L. & Smith, C. (2024). “I Never Hesitated”: A quare analysis of rap non-binary identity in Lil Uzi Vert’s 032c interview. Popular Culture Studies Journal, 12(1), 136-159.

  4. Raising the Bar: Improving Coverage for Indigenous People (2024)

  5. Ponder, M. L., Kasymova, S., Coleman, L. S., Goodman, J. M., & Smith, C. (2023). COVID-19 frames the news: An examination of race and pandemic frames in newspaper coverage. Howard Journal of Communications, 1-17.

  6. Smith, C. Expert Source. Hip-Hop at 50: Women battle misogyny to send hip-hop spinning in a new direction. AP. August 9, 2023. (In video and article)

  7. Women of Color in U.S. News Leadership 2023

  8. WMC Investigation 2022: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations

  9. The Status of Women in the U.S. Media 2021