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Brandee Newkirk
Directory Award Year
2025-26
Award Program Name
American Dissertation Fellowships
Directory Institution
Duke University Graduate School (Durham-NC)
Directory Degree Sought
Doctor of Philosophy
Directory Citizenship
Directory Primary Area of Expertise
Art - History/Criticism/Conservation
Directory Specialization
Modern and Contemporary Black art and visual media
Directory Project Name
Rendering Fat: Largeness Inside the Black Beauty Economy
Directory City
Durham
Directory State
NC
Directory Country
United States
Directory Bio
Brandee Newkirk is a doctoral candidate in the Art, Art History, and Visual Studies department at Duke University. After being awarded the Ailsa Mellon Bruce Predoctoral Fellowships to develop her current project, she is completing her dissertation, “Rendering Fat: Largeness Inside the Black Beauty Economy.” This project analyzes image productions representing diet and fitness ideals for black women consumers, from 1920 to the present.
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