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Office Location(s): 5435 North Quad Phone: 734.615.7410 rrmc@umich.edu Robin Coleman's Hompage View Curriculum Vitae
Robin R. Means Coleman is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Michigan. She holds a joint appointment with the Department for AfroAmerican and African Studies. Prof. Coleman is the author of Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present (2011, Routledge) and African-American Viewers and the Black Situation Comedy: Situating Racial Humor (2000, Routledge). She is the editor of Say It Loud! African American Audiences, Media, and Identity (2002, Routledge) and co-editor of Fight the Power! The Spike Lee Reader (2008, Peter Lang). She is also the author of a number of other academic and popular publications. Her research and commentary has been featured in a variety of international and national media outlets. Her current research focuses on the NAACP’s participation in media activism.
