Research Studies
Interdisciplinary research that spans media, publics and health focused on minoritized perspectives.
Journal Articles
Powell, A., & Breyfogle, S. (2024). The Black Fandom Identification Social–Psychological Model: A framework for understanding Black fan formation and benefits. Journal of Fandom Studies, 12(2), 135–157. https://doi.org/10.1386/jfs_00096_1
Powell, A., Eguchi, S., & Sumner, K. (2023). Black and White, Quare and Queer: Reimagining Interracial Dating through the Sibling Rivalry Podcast. Text and Performance Quarterly, 43(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/10462937.2023.2271043
Powell, A. (2023). Who Holds the Power: A Textual Analysis on the Cancellation of YouTube Star David Dobrik and the Vlog Squad. Popular Culture Studies Journal, 11(1), 183–209. https://www.mpcaaca.org/_files/ugd/aced74_d66a52edea2d4d0b93ecd0d9f9ff40ec.pdf
Powell, A., & Williams-Johnson, D. (2023). “You dumb cracker b*tch”: The legitimizing of White supremacy during a Twitch ban of HasanAbi. New Media & Society, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231191776
Tyree, T., Powell, A. (2022). “African American Women’s Representations on Television.” Journal of African American Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12111-022-09587-1.
Powell, A. (2022). Two-step flow and protesters: understanding what influenced participation in a George Floyd protest. Communications Quarterly, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2022.2077122
Powell, A. (2022). Black American Vaccine Hesitancy: Using the Black Public Sphere to Understand How Minority Health Organizations Address the COVID-19 Vaccine on Twitter. Ohio Communication Journal, 60, 127–147.
Powell, A., Jenkins, K., Gulledge, B., & Sun, W. (2021). Teaching Social Justice and Engaging Gen Z Students in Digital Classrooms During COVID-19. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 21(4). https://doi.org/10.14434/josotl.v21i4.32708
Book Chapters
Powell, A. & Leveille, A. (2026). The New Black Women: How the Black Women of
HBO’s Lovecraft Country Circumvents Stereotypes of African American Women.” In S. Haydel & D. Stamps (Eds.), Black Identities and Media. Louisiana State University Press.
Powell, A., Westrick, N., & Hayden, D. (2025). The Servant Mammy: How Lovecraft Country’s Hippolyta Freeman Circumvents through Servant Leadership Approach. In T. Everbach, G. S. Nisbett, & N. Paul (Eds.), Women’s Leadership in Popular Culture (p. 223). Bloomsbury Academic.
Powell, A., Moye, C., Edmond, M.D. (2025). Using PEN-3 to Evaluate the Effectiveness of the CDC’s COVID-19 Vaccine Communication Toolkit for Community-Based Organizations on Promoting Clinical Trials for African Americans. In: Berube, D.M. (eds) Pandemic Resilience. Risk, Systems and Decisions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-74062-6_30
Powell, A., Sumner, K. (2025). “The Building Is Closed but the Ministry’s Open”: The Role of the Black Church Leaders in Vaccine Communication Through Black Podcast. In: Berube, D.M. (eds) Pandemic Resilience. Risk, Systems and Decisions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-74062-6_38
Powell, A. (2025). A Critical Analysis of Black Immunity Myths and Their Deadly Consequences. In: Berube, D.M. (eds) Pandemic Resilience. Risk, Systems and Decisions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-74062-6_4
Powell, A., Campbell, S., Leveille, A. (2023). The Never-Ending Pandemic(s): A Narrative Analysis on Black Women Educators Dealing with COVID, Sexism, and Racism. In T. McDermott, A.R. May, T. H. Housel and L. Hinojosa. On the Front Lines: Women Educators’ Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Lexington Books.
Powell, A., Jenkins, K., & Campbell, S. (2022). Oppositional Gazing Through Affective Disposition Theory: Decolonizing Affective Disposition Theory with Judas and the Black Messiah. In K. Langmia (Ed.), Decolonizing Communication Studies (pp. 125–154). Cambridge Scholars.
Powell A. (2021) COVID and Cuomo: Using the CERC Model to Evaluate Strategic Uses of Twitter on Pandemic Communications. In: Berube D.M. (eds) Pandemic Communication and Resilience. Risk, Systems, and Decisions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77344-1_7
Recent Conference Presentations
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Panel Discussion. “Elevating and Sustaining State Organizations: The NYSCA Model.” Communication Association (FALL 2026)
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Chair Upshaw, S., Smith, L., Overby, K., Gilchrist-Petty, E., & Merrill, K. “What’s the Big IDEA?: Navigating Academia, Scholarship and Your Existence While Being Black in The Ivory During the 2nd Trump Administration.” National Communication Association (FALL 2025)
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Paper Panel “Welcome Aboard to Gag City: How Artificial Intelligence is Creating the Fourth Realm of Fandoms.” Fan Studies Network North America (FALL 2025)
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Paper Panel, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication —“The Servant Mammy: Reading Lovecraft Country’s Hippolyta Freeman Circumvents Through Servant Leadership Approach.” (FALL 2025)
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Poster Presentation, D.C. Health Communication Conference—“The Acculturation and Mental Health Status of Asian Immigrants in the Washington Metropolitan Area.” (SPRING 2025)
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Poster Presentation, Morgan State Spring Into Research Week —“Using Situational Crisis Communication Theory To Respond To Active Shootings On HBCU Campuses.” (SPRING 2025)
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Poster Presentation, DC Health Communication Conference —“The Acculturation and Mental Health Status of Asian Immigrants in the Washington Metropolitan Area.” (SPRING 2025)
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Individual Paper, Maryland Communication Association—“The Building is Closed but the Ministry’s Open’: The Role of the Black Church Leaders in Vaccine Communication Through Black Podcast.” (SPRING 2025)
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Panel Discussion, New York State Communication Association — Redefining Research Ethics in AI-driven Communication Landscape (FALL 2024)
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