With 21 years of academic work experience, Daniel White Hodge, Ph.D., is a recognized Hip Hop culture expert & cultural literacy communications, scholar. Dr. Hodge is Professor of Intercultural Communications, department chair of the Communication Arts Department, and research lead on the Catalyst_ _ 606 program at small liberal arts University. His research interests are at the intersections of faith, Hip Hop culture, race/ethnicity, & young adult ethnic-minority emerging generations. Dr. Hodge has worked in the young adult and Hip Hop context for over 25 years and continues to focus on justice & disparity issues as it concerns ethnic-minority populations. His seven books are Heaven Has A Ghetto: The Missiological Gospel & Theology of Tupac Amaru Shakur (VDM 2009), The Soul Of Hip Hop: Rimbs, Timbs, & A Cultural Theology (IVP 2010), Hip Hop’s Hostile Gospel: A Post Soul Theological Exploration (Brill Academic 2017) Homeland Insecurity: A Hip Hop Missiology for the Post-Civil Rights Context (IVP Academic 2018), Baptized In Dirty Water: Reimagining the Gospel According to Tupac Amaru Shakur (Cascade Books Popology Series 2019), Intercultural Communication: A Societal Approach to Developing Intercultural Competencies (Kendall Hunt Publishing 2020), and Hip-Hop and Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline (Peter Lang Academic 2021). Dr. Hodge is currently working on an edited volume scheduled for publication in early 2022, Marveling Religion (Lexington Academic Press).
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