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A.D. Carson is an Associate Professor of Hip-Hop and the Global South at the University of Virginia, where he is also a Shannon Center Fellow for Advanced Studies. His work spans performance art, education, writing, and commentary, focusing on intersections of race, place, history, literature, hip-hop, rhetorics, and performance. Contact him at alc4jb@virginia.edu, with office hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays (8A–9A) in Wilson 122 and Rap Lab open hours in NCH 398 (11A–1P).
- Ph.D. in Rhetorics, Communication, and Information Design (Clemson University, 2017)
Dr. Carson’s research explores hip-hop as a medium for cultural critique, merging artistic practice with academic inquiry. His innovative approach includes using rap albums as scholarly dissertations and publications. His work has been recognized with multiple awards, including peer-reviewed academic honors and service accolades. He has authored books like COLD and Being Dope: Hip-Hop & Theory through Mixtape Memoir, and released albums such as i used to love to dream and V: ILLICIT, which was the first peer-reviewed rap album by an academic press.
- Research interests: Hip-Hop Studies, Rhetorics, Cultural Studies, Global South, Performance Art, Race and Ethnicity
His work has been featured in Rolling Stone, The Guardian, NPR’s All Things Considered, and other prominent outlets. He is also known for creating the first peer-reviewed rap album with University of Michigan Press.
- 2021 Research Award for Excellence in the Arts & Humanities (University of Virginia)
- 2016 Martin Luther King, Jr. Award for Excellence in Service (Clemson University)
- Outstanding Dissertation Award (Clemson University)
- Prose Award (Best eProduct) from the Association of American Publishers
- 2024 Finalist for the Open Access Book Prize and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award (American Council of Learned Societies)
