TULSA RACE MASSACRE PRESSROOM: OSU Experts and Media Resources
Thursday, May 27, 2021
Media Contact: Mack Burke | Editorial Coordinator | 405-744-5540 | news@okstate.edu
A mission to research and educate
Part of Oklahoma State University's land-grant mission is sharing knowledge and information. For members of the media, faculty experts from across OSU are available to comment and answer questions about the Tulsa Race Massacre:
Dr. Rosemary Avance
OSU teaching assistant professor in the School of Media and Strategic Communications
Topics: Role of the media in the massacre (then and now), critical cultural studies
and media history
rosemary.avance@okstate.edu
918-671-7958
Dr. Erica Townsend-Bell
Director, Center for Africana Studies
Associate Professor of Political Science
Topics: Race and Gender Politics
etowns@okstate.edu
Office: 405-744-5569, Cell: 918-594-8035
Dr. Andrew R. Belton
OSU Assistant Professor, Department of English
Topics: Critical Race Theory and Cultural Studies
andrew.belton@okstate.edu
646-660-2951
Quraysh Ali Lansana
Acting director of the Center for Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation
Oklahoma State University-Tulsa writer-in-residence/adjunct professor
Topics: Civil rights history, Tulsa Race Massacre context, Greenwood today
qlansan@okstate.edu
773-627-7127
Andrew McGee
Recruitment and Communications Coordinator/OSU Center for Ethical Leadership
Topics: Impact of the massacre on innovation, entrepreneurship and economic growth
andrew.mcgee@okstate.edu
405-744-1167
Dr. Shanedra Nowell
OSU associate professor of social studies education
Topics: Education on Tulsa Race Massacre, media literacy
shanedra.nowell@okstate.edu
Office phone: 405-744-7125
Lynn Wallace
OSU-Tulsa Library Director
Topics: Historical context for the Tulsa Race Massacre, including the OSU-Tulsa collection
of historical artifacts, photographs and more
lynn.wallace@okstate.edu
918-594-8451
Dr. Lawrence Ware
OSU teaching assistant professor and diversity liaison in the Department of Philosophy
Assistant director, Center for Africana Studies at OSU
Topics: Tulsa Race Massacre
lawrence.ware@okstate.edu
Phone 405-744-2790 or 405-744-7692
Dr. Brandy Thomas Wells
OSU assistant professor of history
Topics: Tulsa Race Massacre generally; women's activities and activism; and the Massacre's
lasting impact on Greenwood
Prefers email contact: brandy.wells@okstate.edu
Office phone: 405-744-5679
Oklahoma State University news on the Tulsa Race Massacre:
News releases:
• OSU students produce multimedia project, documentary over Greenwood District on 100th
anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre
• Public radio journalism project focuses on Tulsa Race Massacre
• Community Advancing Conversation to focus on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
• Shedding light on local history: Teaching about the Tulsa Race Massacre
• Understanding the Tulsa Race Massacre
This page will be updated regularly.