Dr. Carlos Morrison is Professor of Communication in the Department of Communication at Alabama State University. He received his BA in both Mass Communication (emphasis on Broadcasting) and Human Communication from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, his MA in Communication Theory and Rhetoric from the University of Alabama and his PhD in Intercultural Communication and African American Communication from the Kathy Hughes’ School of Communication at Howard University in Washington, DC. Dr. Morrison teaches courses in both Communication Studies and Mass Communications. His publications focus on Black popular Culture and Communication. His latest publications are Alcime, I., Roseboro, A.H., Morrison, C. (in press). “Keeping it real on the decline of HBCU student enrollment: A content analysis of rhetoric in practice. In A. Hailu, M.S. Camara, and S.O. Abidde (Eds.). Globalizing World: The Past, Present, and Future of HBCUs. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. Morrison, C. & Trimble, J. (2020). Appropriation as Appreciation: Afrocentric Testifying in the Discourse of Teena Marie in The Popular Culture Studies Journal, Vol. 8, No. 2., and Buchanan, B., Alcime, I. & Morrison, C. (2020). Fighting the long war against the Klan: The Black Panther as a symbol of self-defense and social justice. In J. Darowski (Ed.), The Ages of the Black Panther: Essays on the King of Wakanda. North Carolina: McFarland Press, 99- 112.
