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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2024-25

Tales of Koehler Hollow: An African American Family in Rural Appalachia

October 28, 2024

Christopher Brooks
Christopher Brooks

Christopher Brooks is Professor of Anthropology in the School of World Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, and author of Tales of Koehler Holler: An African American Family in Rural Appalachia.


Cyborgs, Ethics, and the Matrix: Simulations of Sex and Gender

November 4, 2024

Rebecca Gibson
Rebecca Gibson

Rebecca Gibson is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Anthropology in the School of World Studies at VCU. Dr. Gibson's research spans a multitude of topics, from historical biological anthropology, to whether or not zombies have gender, to cyborgs and robotic technology.


Dual Pandemics: HIV and the Coronavirus in Several Communities

February 10, 2025

Christopher Brooks
Christopher Brooks

Christopher Brooks is Professor of Anthropology in the School of World Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, and author of Dual Pandemics: HIV and the Coronavirus in Several Communities.


Between Here and There: Creating the Political Economy of Mexican Migration

March 3, 2025

Daniel Morales
Daniel Morales

Daniel Morales is an Assistant Professor of History at Virginia Commonwealth University specializing in Latino, immigration, and public history. He is from Azusa California and earned his Ph.D. in history from Columbia University in 2016, and B.A. at the University of Chicago in 2008. His research focuses on the social and economic history of migration between Latin America and the United States.


Women, Faith, and Family: Reclaiming Gender Justice through Religious Activism

March 24, 2025

Samaneh Oladi and book cover
Samaneh Oladi Ghadikolaei

Samaneh Olad Ghadikolaei, Ph.D is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, and the author of Women, Faith, and Family: Reclaiming Gender Justice through Religious Activism.


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