Shanté Paradigm Smalls

Ph.D. '11, M.A. '05

Shante Paradigm Smalls

Shanté Paradigm Smalls (they, them) is a scholar, artist, and writer. Their teaching, writing, and research focus on Black popular culture in music, film, visual art, genre fiction, and other aesthetic forms. Their award-winning first book, Hip Hop Heresies: Queer Aesthetics in New York City, was published by NYU Press in 2022. They are Associate Professor in the Department of Art & Public Policy at New York University.

Areas of Concentration/ Study:

Hip Hop, Queer Studies, Performance Studies, Black Studies, AfroAsian Studies

Current Occupation:

Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Art & Public Policy, Tisch, NYU

What groups, publications, associations, clubs etc. were you affiliated with while at NYU?

GSOC

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Education

New York University

PhD - Performance Studies

New York, New York

 

New York University

Master of Arts - Individualized Study

New York, New York

 

Smith College

Bachelor of Arts

Northampton, Massachusetts

Book Awards

Hip Hop Heresies: Queer Aesthetics in New York City (NYU Press Postmillenial Pop Series, June 2022)
Awards: Winner of the 2016 CLAGS Fellowship Award for Best First Book Project in LGBTQ Studies
Winner: New York Library Society 2022-2023 New York City Book Award
Special Mention: 2023 IASPM International Book Prize in English

Fellowships & Grants

Dean's Faculty Research Grant, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University (2024)

Nominee, Department of Art & Public Policy, David Payne-Carter Teaching Award, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University (May 2024)

Dean’s Conference Travel Grant, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University (2024)

Humanities Center External Fellow, Humanities Center, University of Rochester (2022-2023)

Fellow, James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference, Emory University (2019-2020)

Woodrow Wilson National Foundation Career Enhancement Junior Faculty Fellowship/Mellon Foundation Fellowship  (2017-2018)

St. John’s University Faculty Recognition Award (2016, 2017)

Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship (2011-2013)

American Psychoanalytic Association Mentor Program (2013)