Spoken Word Poetry, Hip Hop Studies and Remixing Academia with Marquese McFerguson, Ph.D.

Dean Michael Horswell engages in conversation with Marquese McFerguson, Ph.D., as they discuss navigating race, culture, and gender with poetry and spoken word.Marquese McFerguson is an Assistant Professor of Intercultural Communication, in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, at Florida Atlantic University.His work explores the interconnected dynamics of race, culture, gender, and media. His essay, "When Hip Hop Speaks, We Listen" won the John T. Warren Top Paper Award in 2018. Last year he won the Art Bochner Outstanding Doctoral Research Scholar Award from the University of South Florida. He is a master of Slam Poetry and Spoken Word.