Meet VCU Authors

Members of faculty in the humanities at VCU have an impressive record of scholarly productivity and are recognized, both nationally and internationally, for their significant contributions to our understanding of the human condition across cultures, throughout the past, and in the present. Our Meet VCU Authors series invites members of the Richmond community as well as colleagues and students from VCU and other local universities to come and meet VCU's authors as they talk about their recently published books and answer questions about their work. All are welcome!

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2025-26

What Does a Religion Feel Like? Thoughts on Emotion in Early Christianity

August 25, 2025

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Andrew Crislip

Andrew Crislip is the Chair of the Department of History at Virginia Commonwealth University, and the author of Ascetic Passions: Emotions in Early Christian Egypt.


From The Wiz to Wakanda: Afrofuturism in Pop Culture

September 8, 2025

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Grace Gipson

Grace Gipson, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of African American Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she teaches courses on theories and foundations in Africana Studies, Blackness in pop culture, and Black media narratives. 


One Planet, One Sky: Internationalism in Modern Astronomy

September 22, 2025

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Jörg Matthias Determann

Jörg Matthias Determann is a Professor in the Department of Liberal Arts & Sciences at VCU in Qatar.


Informatics of Domination

October 27, 2025

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Jennifer Rhee

Jennifer Rhee is an Associate Professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University.


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