Corey J. Miles

I once heard @tressiemcphd say that the best scholars are good storytellers. All of my favorite sociologists were ones who wrote the South. I wanted to follow in that tradition & use storytelling to bear witness on NC to use words honestly, beautifully . upress.state.ms.us/Books/V/Vibe

Wesleyan University’s Department of American Studies invites applications for a full-time, tenure track Assistant Professor specializing in Ethnic Studies beginning July 1, 2026. indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=7…

"We are not merely researching and writing the matter of our books here. We are researching and writing the matter of our lives. That is why we can and perhaps even should resist the capitalist imperative to rush." lithub.com/the-agonies-an…

I realized I was a writer when I knew my life depended on it. It didn’t matter if I was good or if I ever produced a finished project. I knew I was a writer because it was the only thing that calmed the noise.

Such a dope book. A must read for Hip-hop studies. @CoreyMiles__ did his thing!

"VIBE questions how much choice one has living in a system designed to control and contain." Read more from this new review of VIBE by Corey J. Miles at the link in bio! @upmiss

shout out to my cover artist who got me so many compliments @theblackonion__

Vibe won the 2025 Outstanding Book Award for the International Association for the Study of Popular Music. Winning an International popular music studies book award for a book about the American South speaks to how beautiful our lives and stories are.

one metric to understand if a black film actually does a good job engaging issues of race is when white people believe support for it means supporting black social issues

“Any theory you got, practice it. And when you practice it, you make some mistakes. When you make a mistake, you correct that theory, and then it will be corrected theory...A lot of us read and read and read, but we don't get any practice” - Fred Hampton

Of course the Medicaid cuts don’t hit until 2027. That’s not a coincidence. They rigged the fuse to blow after the midterms so they can torch your healthcare, then blame the ashes on Democrats.

Republicans have been arguing with AI bots for 24 hours about what the bill actually does. They literally can’t understand why the bill is bad and are trying to convince the AI they believe in to confirm their unsupported assumption

by Naomi Shihab Nye

I grew up in section 8 housing filled with love. went to undergrad using Pell Grants. in grad school my mama use to mail me her food stamp card. everything that made it possible for me to get a PhD has been cut. i'm sad for the the little black kids having their future stolen.

this headline tells you everything you need to know about domestic abuse in the U.S., that you can violently beat women and it not be seen as criminal.

My article, "Stops: How Race, Space, and Policing Shapes Who is Human and Who is Not” is published! I theorize "stops" as moments when the category of human is contested and reified through racialized policing. Precursor to my "Punitive Inertia" article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

pretty dope seeing Dr. Miles work in a Black owned book store in Cali 👏🏾👏🏾 @CoreyMiles__

he’s not being charged with domestic abuse but outside of the court case do you know how normalized domestic violence must be socially & politicly for it to be a strategic legal move that will have little repercussions on your career & social life