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Frederick Gooding Jr.

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Dr. Ronald E. Moore Professor of Humanities and African American Studies, Texas Christian University

I am a scholar of American pop culture and image within the postwar era, critically analyzing race relations through the lens of music, media and sports and readily identifying problematic patterns literally hidden within plain sight. I am the inaugural holder of the Dr. Ronald E. Moore Endowed Professor of the Humanities and also currently serve as Chair of TCU's Race & Reconciliation Initiative designed to study TCU's relationship with slavery, racism and the Confederacy (https://www.tcu.edu/rri).

Please ask me about whether there is "race in your movie" (shorturl.at/dAPS0) as I just published a follow up to my media series analyzing what Academy Award nominations and wins tell us about African Americans (https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538123720/Black-Oscars-From-Mammy-to-Minny-What-the-Academy-Awards-Tell-Us-about-African-Americans). I also consult with private companies, governmental agencies and university communities in the US and internationally over themes of representation and reconciliation.

MEDIA/BOOKS: I have appeared on NPR, NBC, CBS and Fox News networks and have been quoted in The New York Times, USA Today and the Washington Post along with many other local and regional publications. I published several books thus far and am co-editing a forthcoming offering that wrestles with how public sector workers are viewed within society. My next monograph features the topic of black statues -- a work that aims to contribute to national conversations about public memory, urban, art and socio-political history as well as ongoing dialogues about the value and visibility of black iconography. I started this project in earnest this past summer of 2021 when I served as the Leonard A. Lauder Visiting Senior Fellow for the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC (https://www.nga.gov/research/casva/members.html).

Experience

  • –present
    Pop Culture Historian; Chair of Race & Reconciliation Initiative, TCU, Texas Christian University

Education

  • 2013 
    Georgetown University, American History

Publications

  • 2021
    Microaggressions and Objectivity: Experimental Measures and Lived Experience, University of Chicago Press
  • 2020
    Black Oscars: From Mammy to Minny, What the Academy Awards Tell Us about African Americans,
  • 2020
    Critical Insights on Race Relations in Film: Assessing Bringing Down the House,
  • 2018
    American Dream Deferred: Black Federal Workers in Washington DC, 1941-1981,
  • 2017
    Stories from the Front of the Room: How Higher Education Faculty of Color Overcome Challenges and Thrive in the Academy,
  • 2017
    You Mean, There's RACE in My Sports?,
  • 2017
    You Mean, There's GENIUS in My Hip Hop?,
  • 2007
    You Mean, There's RACE in My Movie? The Complete Guide to Understanding Race in Mainstream Hollywood,

Grants and Contracts

  • 2021
    Honors College Innovation Fund
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    TCU
  • 2019
    Research and Creative Activities Fund
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    TCU
  • 2019
    Mellon Ubuntu Dialogues
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    Michigan State University/Mellon Foundation
  • 2019
    Junior Faculty Summer Research Support
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    TCU

Professional Memberships

  • National Collegiate Honors Council

Honours

Dr. Ronald E. Moore Endowed Professor of the Humanities