Shannon M. Cochran is professor in the Department of English and the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, coordinator of the African American Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies programs at Clayton State University, and coeditor (with Judson L. Jeffries and Molly Reinhoudt) of Feel My Big Guitar: Prince and the Sound He Helped Create, published by University Press of Mississippi. Included in her body of work on race, gender, and body politics is the intersectional examination of how representations in visual and narrative cultures impact the lived experiences of African American identities.
