Edmund Adjapong

Edmund Adjapong, Ph.D., is an associate professor of educational studies in the College of Human Development, Culture, and Media at Seton Hall University, where his work focuses on hip-hop pedagogy and culturally responsive teaching. A former New York City middle school science teacher, he is the Director of the Hip-Hop Culture, Equity, and Excellence Academy and serves as the founding editor of the Journal of Hip-Hop Education as well as editor of the #HipHopEd Compilation Book Series. His research examines race, class, educational inequities, and misperceptions of urban youth, with a particular emphasis on integrating youth and hip-hop culture into educational spaces.

Adjapong is the author of Teach Like an MC: Hip-Hop Pedagogy in the K–12 Classroom, a research-based framework for infusing hip-hop culture and the five elements of hip-hop—MCing, graffiti, DJing, breakdancing, and knowledge of self—into K–12 teaching to deepen student engagement and learning. In addition to this book, he has published widely on hip-hop pedagogy, including work that defines and elaborates hip-hop-based interventions in STEM education and frameworks for using hip-hop to promote civic engagement and support girls of color in science.