Publications

Chapters

2025, “The Rise of China and the Crisis of U.S. Imperialism,” in China Changes Everything: An Anthology By Social Justice Activists, Journalists and Commentators, by Gerald Horne, Anthony Ballas, Aspen Ballas, and P.M. Irvin, (World Review Forum)

2022, “The Myth of the Natural Woman: Horror and Grief in Midsommar,” in Screening Loss: An Exploration of Grief in Contemporary Horror Cinema, ed. Erica J. Dymond, (Lexington Books)

Encyclopedia Entries

2026 (Under Contract), “Angela Davis,” in Encyclopedia of the Black Arts Movement, 2nd Edition, eds. Verner D. Mitchell and Cynthia Davis, (Rowman and Littlefield) 

2026 (Under Contract) “Hip-Hop” in Encyclopedia of the Black Arts Movement, 2nd Edition, eds. Verner D. Mitchell and Cynthia Davis, (Rowman and Littlefield)

2022, “Tangerine (2015),” in Encyclopedia of LGBTQIA Portrayals in American Film, eds. Salvador Murgia and Erica J. Dymond, (Rowman and Littlefield) 

2019, “Angela Davis,” in Encyclopedia of the Black Arts Movement, eds. Verner D. Mitchell and Cynthia Davis, (Rowman and Littlefield) 

2019, “Crimson Peak,” The Encyclopedia of Sexism in American Films, eds. Salvador Murguia and Erica J. Dymond, (Rowman and Littlefield) 

2019, “Carrie (1976 & 2013),” The Encyclopedia of Sexism in American Films, eds. Salvador Murguia and Erica J. Dymond, (Rowman and Littlefield) 

Academic Book Reviews

2017, “The Philosophy of Spike Lee” by Mark Conard, Cinema: Journal of Philosophy and the Moving Image, 9:1, pp. 152-155.

• From the archives:

  

  Edited Volumes

  2026 (Under Contract with Iskra), Black Messiah?: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

  By Gerald Horne, eds. Aspen Ballas & Anthony Ballas