American Studies Faculty and Staff

Monica was a Jacob K. Javits Fellow (2004 - 2007) and an OSU Presidential Fellow (2006). Her dissertation, "The Color of Hollywood," was about the cultural politics controlling the production of African American original screenplays, stage plays and novels adapted into films from 1980 to 2000". Her most recent publication is: "The Paradox of Acting for an African American Actress" in Consciousness, Theatre, Literature and the Arts. Monica has presented the findings of her work at the following national and international conferences: The Comparative Drama Conference, the African Literature Association Conference, the Mid-America Theatre Conference, the American Society for Theatre Research Conference, the August Wilson Conference at the University of Maryland, and the Conference on Consciousness, Theatre, Literature and the Arts in the United Kingdom.