Murray Forman

professor, communication studies, NEU

Dr. Forman's main research interests are in the social uses of popular music and the critical analysis of media industries, cultural production, and communication. His work also engages with issues of media and representation in contemporary society, with particular emphasis on images and discourses pertaining to race and ethnicity and issues of youth, elders, and age in society. He is the author of *The 'Hood Comes First: Race, Space, and Place in Rap and Hip-Hop* (Wesleyan University Press, 2002) and co-editor, with Mark Anthony Neal, of *'That's the Joint!': The Hip-Hop Studies Reader* (Routledge, 2004), as well as authoring numerous articles on youth, race, popular music, television, and film. Dr. Forman serves on the advisory board of the Archives of African American Music and Culture (Indiana University) as well as serving on editorial advisory boards of several scholarly journals.