Assistant Professor, Theology and Religious Studies
- Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, Religion
- M.Div., Yale Divinity School, Institute of Sacred Music
- B.A., Yale University, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Kyle Eugene Brooks, Ph.D., a native of Detroit, MI, serves as the Visiting Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego. His work broadly explores the communicative conditions of religion, politics, and black expressive cultures. His forthcoming book, Chasing Ghosts: The Politics of Black Religious Leadership (Georgetown University Press) examines the recurring historical and contemporary roles of black clergymen in social movements through the conceptual lenses of haunting and hauntology, ultimately disputing the mythology of black male charisma and rhetorical performance as the core mechanisms of sociopolitical change. His work has been published in various print and digital venues, including the Journal for Feminist Studies in Religion, Fire! The Multimedia Journal for Black Studies, the Black Perspectives blog of the African American Intellectual History Society, and the Political Theology Network.
Dr. Brooks' course offerings at USD have included the following: Fundamentals of Africana Studies; Black and Womanist Theologies; Religion and Hip Hop; Literature, Theology, and the Religious; Jesus of Hollywood. His courses reflect his wide-ranging interests within the realms of religious studies, theology, creative arts, and Africana studies.