Sampada Aranke is an Associate Professor of Art History and
Comparative Studies at Ohio State University. Her research
interests include performance theories of embodiment, visual
culture, and black cultural and aesthetic theory. Her work has
been published in e-flux, Artforum, Art Journal, ASAP/J, and
October. She has written catalogue essays for Sadie Barnette,
Betye Saar, Rashid Johnson, Faith Ringgold, Kambui Olujimi, Sable
Elyse Smith, and Zachary Fabri.