Hip-Hop Culture in College Students' Lives

Hip-Hop Culture in College Students' Lives explores how diverse groups of young adults embody hip-hop culture and actively connect it to their lives on college campuses.

Emery Petchauer is Assistant Professor of Education at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, the nation's first historically Black university. A former high school teacher, his research focuses on the cultural dimensions of teaching and learning in urban schools and universities as well as teacher development and licensure. He is a regular contributor to The Academy Speaks blog for Diverse Issues in Higher Education and a former Visiting Scholar in Residence at New York University. In addition to these academic pursuits, Dr. Petchauer has over a decade of experience organizing hip-hop and urban arts spaces across the United States. He is one of the central organizers for The Gathering, the longest-running all-ages hip-hop culture night in Philadelphia.

Introduction: Hip-Hop, College Students, and Campus Life Entering the Cipher: Methods, Approaches, and Sketches of the Settings Welcome to the Underground: Hip-Hop Places and Spaces Around Campus "Hip-Hop is Like Breathing:" Aesthetics, Applications, and Conflicts on Campus "I Look at Hip-Hop as a Philosophy:" Edutainment, Sampling, and Classroom Practices Knowing What's up and Learning What You're not Supposed to: The Parameters of Critical Consciousness in Black, White, and Brown Lessons from the Underground: A Model for Understanding Hip-Hop in Students' Lives