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Here is an (incomplete) list of my work to date:<\/strong><\/p>\n

BOOKS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Hip Hop &\u00a0Obama Reader<\/a> \u00a0<\/em>(with Travis Gosa, Cornell U),\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Oxford University Press – 2015<\/p>\n

Rap on Trial\u00a0: Race, Lyrics, and Guilt in America<\/em><\/a> (with Andrea Dennis, U of Georgia)\u00a0,<\/em>\u00a0The New Press – 2019<\/span><\/p>\n

ARTICLES\/CHAPTERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“White Surveillance of the Black Arts.”\u00a0<\/span>African American Review <\/em>47.1 (2014): 161-177.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“Rap on Trial<\/span><\/a><\/span>.” (With Charis Kubrin, UC Irvine). \u00a0Race and Justice <\/em>4.3 (2014): 185-211. \u00a0\u00a0Note: \u00a0<\/strong>Link provided here is to pre-published version. The official version is available at the\u00a0Race and Justice website<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

“A ‘High Tension’ in Langston Hughes’s Musical Verse.” MELUS <\/em>37.4 (2012): 165-185. <\/span><\/p>\n

“Making Room for ‘Dear Mama’ in Rap Lyrics.”\u00a0 In Mothering and Hip Hop Culture<\/em>.\u00a0 Ed. J. Maki Motapanyane.\u00a0 Toronto: Demeter Press, 2012. 40-54.<\/span><\/p>\n

“‘Here Come the Cops’:\u00a0 Policing the Resistance in Rap Music.” International Journal of Cultural Studies <\/em>15.4 (2012): 349-363.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘”Go in de Wilderness’:\u00a0 Escaping the ‘Eyes of Others’ in the Slave Songs.” Western Journal of Black Studies<\/em> 35.2 (2011): 106-117.<\/span><\/p>\n

“‘Can’t C Me’: Surveillance and Rap Music.” Journal of Black Studies<\/em> 40.6 (2010): 1254-1274.<\/span><\/p>\n

“‘We Are Gone’: ‘Black Steel’ and the Technologies of Presence and Absence.” Popular Communication<\/em> 8.2 (2010): 120-131.<\/span><\/p>\n

“‘My President is Black, My Lambo’s Blue’: The Obamafication of Rap?” Journal of Popular Music Studies<\/em> 21.4 (2009): 344-363.<\/span><\/p>\n

REVIEW<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Adam Bradley and Andrew DuBois, eds.\u00a0The Anthology of Rap\u00a0<\/em>(New Haven: Yale UP, 2010).\u00a0African American Review <\/em>44.4 (2012): 719-721.<\/span><\/p>\n

RECENT FEATURES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“If We Silence Hate Speech, Will We Silence Resistance?<\/a>”\u00a0Op-ed.\u00a0The New York Times.\u00a0<\/em>August 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019Rap on Trial\u2019: Why Rap Lyrics Should Be Off-Limits.<\/a>\u201d Rolling Stone<\/em>, May 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow States Can Bring African-Americans into the Marijuana Industry.<\/a>\u201d\u00a0 (Written with Michael Render, aka Killer Mike.)\u00a0 Rolling Stone<\/em>, December 2016<\/p>\n

“Free speech–unless it’s rap?<\/a>” (Written with Michael Render, aka Killer Mike.) \u00a0CNN, February 2016.<\/p>\n

“Rubio, rap, and Republicans’ well-deserved electoral backlash.<\/a>” (Written with Travis L. Gosa). \u00a0USA Today,\u00a0<\/em>February 2016.<\/p>\n

“Obama and hip hop: \u00a0A breakup song.<\/a>” (Written with Travis L. Gosa<\/a>).\u00a0The Washington Post,<\/em>\u00a0September 2015.<\/p>\n

“Rap lyrics are fiction \u2014 but prosecutors are treating them like admissions of guilt.<\/a><\/span>” (Written with Michael Render, aka Killer Mike.) \u00a0Vox.com, \u00a0<\/em>March 2015.<\/p>\n

“The Threat of Rap Music.<\/span><\/a><\/span>” Op-ed.\u00a0The Washington Post,\u00a0<\/em>December 2014.<\/p>\n

“Rap’s Poetic (In)Justice.<\/span><\/a><\/span>” Op-ed. \u00a0(Written with Michael Render, aka Killer Mike<\/span><\/a><\/span>).\u00a0USA Today,<\/em>\u00a0December 2014.<\/p>\n

“Will Top Court Challenge the Prosecution of Rap?<\/span><\/a><\/span>” Op-ed. (Written with Charis E. Kubrin<\/span><\/a><\/span>).\u00a0CNN,<\/em>\u00a0June 2014.<\/p>\n

“Rap Lyrics or True Threats? \u00a0It’s Time For the High Court to Decide<\/span><\/a><\/span>.” Op-ed. \u00a0(Written with Clay Calvert<\/span><\/a><\/span> and Charis E. Kubrin<\/span><\/a><\/span>).\u00a0Forbes<\/em>, May 2014.<\/p>\n

“A New Trend–California Prosecutes Rap<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>” \u00a0Op-ed. \u00a0(Written with Charis E. Kubrin<\/span><\/a><\/span>). \u00a0The Los Angeles Times,\u00a0<\/em>April 2014.<\/p>\n

“Where Did All the Female Rappers Go?<\/span><\/a><\/span>”\u00a0 National Public Radio\u00a0<\/em>(Code Switch), March 2014.<\/p>\n

“Rap Lyrics on Trial<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>” Op-ed. \u00a0(Written with Charis E. Kubrin<\/span><\/a><\/span>).\u00a0The New York Times,\u00a0<\/em>January 2014.<\/p>\n

“Did the Decline of Sampling Cause the Decline of Political Hip Hop?<\/span><\/a><\/span>”\u00a0The Atlantic<\/em>, September 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

“‘It Could Have Been Me’: The 1983 Murder of an NYC Graffiti Artist.<\/span><\/a><\/span>”\u00a0National Public Radio\u00a0<\/em>(Code Switch), September 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Arab Rappers are Landing in Jail–Kind of Like American Rappers.<\/span><\/a><\/span>”\u00a0The Atlantic<\/em>, July 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Targets in the New Security Economy.<\/span><\/a><\/span>”\u00a0The Huffington Post, <\/em>May 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

“High Stakes for Hip-Hop Studies.<\/span><\/a><\/span>”\u00a0The Huffington Post<\/em>, April 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Where Would Hip Hop Be Without Colleges and Universities?<\/span><\/a><\/span>”\u00a0The Huffington Post<\/em>, April 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Stand Up For Liberty By Sitting Out the Pledge of Allegiance.<\/span><\/a><\/span>”\u00a0The Huffington Post<\/em>, April 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

“<\/span>Obama’s Honeymoon with Hip Hop is Over.<\/span><\/a><\/span>”\u00a0<\/span>The New Republic,\u00a0<\/em>January 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

“How Hip Hop Fell Out of Love With Obama.<\/span><\/a><\/span>” (cover feature of G2 film\/music supplement)\u00a0The Guardian<\/em>, August 2012.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Jim Crow’s Second Wind<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>” Salon.com<\/em>, August 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n

“<\/span>Mitt Romney\u2019s \u2018Culture\u2019 War<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>”\u00a0 Salon.com<\/em>, August 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n

“When Rap Lyrics Stand Trial.<\/span><\/a><\/span>”\u00a0The Root.\u00a0<\/em>July 2012.<\/p>\n

MISCELLANEOUS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Amici Curiae <\/em>brief<\/a>\u00a0(on rap music) filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in\u00a0Bell v. Itawamba County School Board<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>(December 2015).<\/p>\n

Amici Curiae\u00a0<\/em>brief<\/span><\/a><\/span> (on the history and conventions of rap music) filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in\u00a0Elonis v.\u00a0U.S.\u00a0<\/em>(August 2014).<\/p>\n

SELECTED CONFERENCES \/ INVITED TALKS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSampling Black History<\/a>\u201d (with Hank Shocklee, Donnie Lewis, and Chris Cotropia).\u00a0 The Voice of Hip Hop in America \u2013 Public Lecture.\u00a0 University of Richmond. Richmond, VA. February 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cProsecuting Rap Music in the U.S.\u201d\u00a0 International Hip Hop Studies Conference.\u00a0 University of Cambridge.\u00a0 Cambridge, UK. June 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cHip Hop and Politics.\u201d Hip Hop: Politics, Art, and Parody in Obamatime. University of Richmond. Richmond, VA. February 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cHip Hop and Obama.\u201d Keynote address (with Travis L. Gosa). Old Dominion University. Norfolk, VA. February 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cRap and Repression.\u201d Freedom of Expression in a Changing World conference. USC Gould School of Law. Los Angeles, CA. January 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cProsecuting Rap in the US and the UK.\u201d Prosecuting Rap Conference. University of Manchester. Manchester, UK. October 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018For Every Rhyme I Write it\u2019s 25 to Life\u2019: Rap on Trial in the Age of Social Media\u201d (with Michael Render, aka Killer Mike). Man Up! Inc., USA. Brooklyn, NY. June 2015.<\/p>\n

“Rap on Trial.” Appellate Judicial Attorneys Institute. San Francisco, CA. April 2015.<\/p>\n

“Rap Lyrics on Trial.” Pittsburgh Humanities Festival. \u00a0Pittsburgh, PA. March 2015.<\/p>\n

“Drawing the Line: Elonis, Rap Lyrics, and Free Speech.” New York University School of Law. New York, NY. March 2015.<\/p>\n

“Elonis v. U.S.–Free Speech and the Ongoing Prosecution of Rap Music.” Threats, Free Speech, and the Law in the Internet Age. Brandeis University. \u00a0Waltham, MA. December 2014.<\/p>\n

“The Intersection of True Threats, Rap Music and Muddled Meanings” (with Clay Calvert, University of Florida). \u00a0University of Richmond School of Law. Richmond, VA. \u00a0November 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cProsecuting Rap\u201d (plenary talk).\u00a0 VA Juvenile Justice Institute. \u00a0Newport News, VA. November 2014.<\/p>\n

“Prosecuting Rap.” American Sociological Society (ASA) Annual Conference. San Francisco, CA. August 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cRap on Trial.\u201d Virginia DUI Drug Treatment Court Training: Advancing Recovery & Solutions. Roanoke, VA. August 2014.<\/p>\n

“Rap on Trial.” \u00a0International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) Annual Conference. \u00a0University of North Carolina. \u00a0Chapel Hill, NC. March 2014.<\/p>\n

“What Happened to Hip Hop and Obama?” British Association of American Studies (BAAS) Annual Conference.\u00a0 University of Exeter.\u00a0 Exeter, England. April 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHip Hop, Surveillance, and Criminalization.\u201d\u00a0 Cornell University. \u00a0Invited lecture for \u201cHip Hop: Beats, Rhythm, and Life\u201d class.\u00a0 Ithaca, NY. \u00a0October 2012.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Mother Figure and Rap\u2019s Hidden Feminist Discourse.\u201d National Women\u2019s Studies Association (NWSA) Annual Conference.\u00a0 Atlanta, GA.\u00a0 November 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Globalizing the 21st Century English Department.”\u00a0 Roundtable with Robert S. Levine.\u00a0 Virginia Community College System (VCCS) Peer Group Conference.\u00a0 Richmond, VA. October 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Obama and the Hip Hop Nation.” British Association of American Studies (BAAS) Annual Conference.\u00a0 University of East Anglia.\u00a0 Norwich, England. April 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Watching Rap.”\u00a0 Popular Culture Association\/American Culture Association (PCA\/ACA) Annual Conference.\u00a0 New Orleans, LA. April 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Surveillance and Rap Music.” Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE) Annual Conference.\u00a0 University of British Columbia.\u00a0 Vancouver, Canada.\u00a0 June 2008.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is an (incomplete) list of my work to date: BOOKS The Hip Hop &\u00a0Obama Reader \u00a0(with Travis Gosa, Cornell U),\u00a0\u00a0Oxford University Press – 2015 Rap on Trial\u00a0: Race, Lyrics, and Guilt in America (with Andrea Dennis, U of Georgia)\u00a0,\u00a0The New Press – 2019 ARTICLES\/CHAPTERS “White Surveillance of the Black Arts.”\u00a0African American Review 47.1 (2014): … Continue reading Research<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1656,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}