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'I wanted a professor like me' - a hip-hop artist explains his turn to academia

March 22, 2022, Jabari Evans

Hip-hop artist and School of Journalism and Mass Communications professor, Jabari Evans, interviews with The Conversation. He answers questions on his career, how he got to where he is today, what he enjoys most about what he studies, his motivations and what is next for his research.

Topics: Faculty, Research, College of Information and Communications, The Conversation

Chief Keef changed the music industry

November 17, 2021, Jabari Evans

A lot could be gained by not overlooking the creativity and ingenuity of teens and young adults like drill music vanguard Chief Keef. Journalism and mass communications professor Jabari Evans writes for The Conversation that drill subculture arose out the ways Chicago's Black youth navigate violence and poverty by innovating within social media.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Diversity, College of Information and Communications, The Conversation

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