Ola Mohammed
Assistant Professor
Office: Founders 131
Ext: 22869
Email: olam555@yorku.ca
Ola Mohammed specializes in interdisciplinary research exploring Black cultural production, Black social life and Black being as sites of possibility. Her dissertation, The Black Nowhere: The Social and Cultural Politics of Listening to Black Canada(s), examines the sonic dimension of anti-Blackness in Canada; her research interests include Black Popular Music, Black Studies, Sound Studies, Diaspora Studies, Performance Theory and Digital Culture. Ola Mohammed has an extensive background in student activism, is a founding member of the York Black Graduate Students’ Collective which advocated and worked to implement Black Studies/ Black Canadian Studies at York at the undergraduate and graduate level and is looking forward to continue to contribute to the development of Black Studies at York as a faculty member.
Degrees
PhD Social and Political Thought, York UniversityMA Popular Culture, Brock University
BA, Combined Honours English, Cultural Studies and Anthropology, McMaster University
Research Interests
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | AP/HUMA4307 3.0 | A | Black Toronto Sounds | SEMR |
| Fall 2024 | GS/SPTH6423 3.0 | A | Alchemy Lectures-Black/Indigenous Ideas | SEMR |
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2025 | AP/HUMA3302 3.0 | M | Black Women's Fugitivity | SEMR |
| Winter 2025 | AP/CLTR3318 3.0 | M | Black Popular Culture | SEMR |
Ola Mohammed specializes in interdisciplinary research exploring Black cultural production, Black social life and Black being as sites of possibility. Her dissertation, The Black Nowhere: The Social and Cultural Politics of Listening to Black Canada(s), examines the sonic dimension of anti-Blackness in Canada; her research interests include Black Popular Music, Black Studies, Sound Studies, Diaspora Studies, Performance Theory and Digital Culture. Ola Mohammed has an extensive background in student activism, is a founding member of the York Black Graduate Students’ Collective which advocated and worked to implement Black Studies/ Black Canadian Studies at York at the undergraduate and graduate level and is looking forward to continue to contribute to the development of Black Studies at York as a faculty member.
Degrees
PhD Social and Political Thought, York UniversityMA Popular Culture, Brock University
BA, Combined Honours English, Cultural Studies and Anthropology, McMaster University
Research Interests
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | AP/HUMA4307 3.0 | A | Black Toronto Sounds | SEMR |
| Fall 2024 | GS/SPTH6423 3.0 | A | Alchemy Lectures-Black/Indigenous Ideas | SEMR |
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2025 | AP/HUMA3302 3.0 | M | Black Women's Fugitivity | SEMR |
| Winter 2025 | AP/CLTR3318 3.0 | M | Black Popular Culture | SEMR |
