Brenton Boyd
Assistant Professor of Black Studies
Department of English & Writing
The University of Tampa
I am Dr. Brenton Boyd — an anti-disciplinary artist, rootworker, and Assistant Professor of Black Studies at the University of Tampa. My research traces networks of sexual desire, death, shame, and fantasy amongst black femmes in the Caribbean and US South.
You can read my work in liquid blackness, ZOE: Journal of Social Transformation, Syndicate Theology, and forthcoming in multiple venues.
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To get in touch with me, please email bboyd@ut.edu.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
AND PRESENTATIONS
July 18th, 2024
This interactive 2023-24 HBCU Scholars Fellowship presentation explores the historical connections between African American magic traditions—such as Hoodoo or Rootwork—and strategies of resistance to anti-black violence.
April 12th, 2024
In this episode of With Good Reason Podcast, Brenton Boyd says that Black Americans and Caribbeans have already coped with the rapture. With Good Reason brings together higher education institutions and Virginia Humanities to make scholarly research accessible to all. Each week, we share exciting discoveries, rigorous debates, and new knowledge, with ever-curious host Sarah McConnell guiding the conversation.