But something different is taking place today: the re-emergence of true black horror films. And let’s not forget that Peele’s previous film, “ Get Out,” won the Academy Award for best screenplay last year.īlack actors have always had a role in horror films. “Ma” comes on the heels of Jordan Peele’s critically acclaimed “ Us,” which is also led by an Academy Award winner, Lupita Nyong’o. The movie “ Ma,” which premieres on May 31, will star Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer as Sue Ann, a lonely middle-age woman who clings to a group of teens to the point of obsession. In the horror genre, black is definitely back. She has never met a king crab leg that she didn’t like.Robin R. She has run six marathons (at a stunningly glacial pace). She is singing along (badly) to Everybody Loves the Sunshine by Roy Ayers.

Coleman is teaching herself to play the acoustic bass guitar. She is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., a public service organization.

Coleman holds lifetime memberships in the American Studies Association, International Communication Association, Eastern Communication Association, National Communication Association, NAACP, and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Coleman was on the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh and at New York University. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Michigan, Prof. Johnson Diversity Award, the National Communication Association AACCD & the Black Caucus Scholar Award for Publishing, the New York University Teaching Excellence Award, and the Chatham College Alumnae “Cornerstone” Award. She is the recipient of the University of Michigan John Dewey Teaching Award, the University of Michigan Harold R. Coleman completed ACE Leadership Academy training (2015) and was a Program Fellow in the University of California, Berkeley Executive Leadership Academy (2012). Her current research focuses on the NAACP’s participation in media activism. Her research and commentary has been featured in a variety of international and national media outlets. She has published a number of book chapters and journal articles. 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). Coleman is the co-author of Intercultural Communication for Everyday Life (2014, Wiley Blackwell), 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).

Horror Noire by Robin R. Means Coleman