Vision Podcast Episode 6 - Dr. Donald Shaffer on Race and Research at MSU

We are joined by Dr. Donald Shaffer-an associate professor at Mississippi State University with a joint appointment in the Department of English and the African American Studies Program where he serves as director. His research examines the social and historical construction of race in African American and Southern literature. His scholarship attempts to make critical linkages between authors whose literary works engage racial and identity politics in American culture. He discusses how the high-profile killings of Black Americans precipitated a national reckoning about race in America and the role research at MSU has on these events.