Public Scholarship

Stanford University Gothic Research Unit

Denison University Tuesday Lunch Series

Denison University Tedx Talk

Interviews

“Interview with Dr. Diana A. Mafe on ‘Normalizing Black Women as Heroes.’” Fighting for the Future: Essays on Star Trek: Discovery, edited by Sabrina Mittermeier and Mareike Spychala, Liverpool University Press, 2020, pp. 191–99.

“Going Where No Black Woman Has Gone Before.” By Ashlee Blackwell, Graveyard Shift Sisters, 1 March 2018

“Where No Black Woman Has Gone Before.” By Carrie McClain, Black Nerd Problems, 1 March 2018.

“Q&A with Diana Mafe on Black Women in Speculative Film.” University of Texas Press Blog, 12 February 2018.

“Racism in Video Games.” By Raena Bush, Podcast, 27 April 2016.

Op-Eds

“‘Wakanda Forever’ Lifts Up Black Women—But Only So Far.” Ms. Magazine, 17 March 2023.

“Jonathan Ferr’s ‘The Journey’ Shows Us that Love is the Way.” Afrofuturism: Blackness Revisualized Film Festival, All Arts, 6 January 2022.

“A Wrinkle in Time: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful.” Media Diversified, 23 April 2018.

“Normalising Black Women as Heroes: Star Trek Discovery as Groundbreaking.” Media Diversified, 6 March 2018.