Biography
Corey J. Miles is an assistant professor in both the sociology and Africana studies departments. His research interests are situated at the nexus of Black performativity and carcerality, with a regional focus on the U.S. South. His forthcoming book, published by the University Press of Mississippi, is titled Hip-Hop’s Vibe: Rural Black Aesthetics and Racialized Emotions in the Carceral South, in which he maps the ways the South itself is a site of carcerality, and how trap music is used as a relational space to contest and make sense of emotional and spatial violence. Miles is the recipient of the American Sociological Association Minority Fellowship, Augustana College Diversity Fellowship, and numerous other awards that he has used to support his research on Black aesthetics and criminal justice. Miles has taught in juvenile justice facilities, worked with public school systems on equity work, and done organizing work in communities. Above all, Miles has a commitment to Black life and Black living.
