Liberal Arts and Sciences
Drew Brown Research Group
Led by Drew Brown · African American Studies
What we study
Dr. Brown studies Black popular culture and sports, including 'Baller Culture': how young Black Americans used sports media from 1988 to 2008 (film, magazines and commercials) to express and shape their identities.
What working here is like
- Reading, writing & theory
- Computational
- No organisms (data only)
- Coding helps
- Project
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- Paper
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Current projects
“An Emotional Liability”: Examining Discussions of Caleb Williams ’Masculinity on X
The project studies how fans talk about Black quarterback Caleb Williams’ masculinity on social media. Students collect posts from key moments, analyze themes, and see how online discussions shape ideas about Black QBs’ identities.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 276
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Struggle in the Bubble: The National Basketball Association’s Response to Player Activism in the 2020 Bubble
2023 · Sociology of Sport Journal
Analyzes how the NBA responded to player activism during the 2020 bubble season.
Plain-language summaries are AI-written and reviewed by us; check the paper for details.
How to reach out
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