Joycelyn Wilson is an assistant professor of hip hop studies and

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in the Black Media Studies cohort, located in the school of literature, media, and communication in the

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at the

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. As an educational anthropologist, Wilson is an expert in African-American music and performance - with particular interests in contemporary modes of cultural production in the American South and Hip Hop in general, as well as their broad impact on higher education. She is also the founder and CEO of the HipHop2020 Archive and Innovation Lab, an educational resources design studio inspired by the Hip Hop Archive.

Early life

Born in

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, Wilson grew up in

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"SWATS" neighborhood. She graduated from Benjamin E. Mays High School before enrolling in

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where she completed her BS in Mathematics and PhD in Educational Anthropology. She also has a Master's from

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Career

Wilson has written for several market-leading publications, including FADER, XXL,

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, Rap Pages, and wax poetics - often introducing budding artists to a wider audience. Currently, she is a music and culture columnist for

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, where she writes about the history of Atlanta culture, Down South Hip Hop, Trap, race, and technology. Wilson’s expertise expands well into topics such as

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, social justice content production, and justice-oriented humanities instruction in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics). She is an Emmy-nominated documentary film producer by the Southeast division of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). She is known for pioneering scholarship that focuses on the impact and legacy of Atlanta rap duo Outkast and Down South Hip Hip Studies as an area of study. Wilson has been recognized for her use of Hip Hop as a technology of representation in her Georgia Tech computational media and humanities classes.

Public engagement

Wilson has consulted with educational leaders, politicians, community organizations, and corporations. Wilson speaks on pop culture, Atlanta Hip Hop, schooling in American society, and the cultural histories of civil rights and social justice in the South. She also can comment on Hip Hop’s intersection with pedagogy, politics, and culture and discuss issues of social justice, educational anthropology, and technology. She is also available to speak broadly about the digital humanities and computational media, including interactive narrative, digital archiving, and experimental digital media.

References

Selected videos

*The Intersection of Hip-Hop and Social Justice, A Community Dialogue Honoring the Legacy of Nipsey Hussl
Closer Look: ‘Hidden Figures’; Women In Hip-Hop; And MoreThe OutKast Imagination - TED Talk at Virginia Tech on the influence of Hip-Hop and the unique benefits it can bring to educationConversation with Kid Cudi in her Hip-Hop 2020 class at MorehouseFeatured alongside Ludacris, Usher, T.I., Jeezy, Lil Jon, Future, and Jermaine Dupri in discussing how Atlanta rose to prominence
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Early life

Career

Public engagement

See also

References

Selected videos