Campus
15 Apr A Year Since Sikes
On March 3rd I successfully defended my dissertation, which was my final official obligation to Clemson University before I graduate in May. The auditorium in which I defended was filled to capacity with students, faculty, alumni, and administrators who seemed genuinely interested in my project....
10 Apr On Hip-Hop, Teaching, and Social Justice: An Interview with A.D. Carson
"This month I interviewed A.D. Carson, a performance artist and educator from Decatur, Illinois. He is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Rhetorics, Communication, and Information Design at Clemson University doing work that focuses on race, literature, history, and rhetorical performances. Through his See the Stripes...
03 Mar An Activist Defends His Dissertation in Rap
"And If I’m scaring you brothers, if I’m scaring you. Just tell ’em I came to do the talking. You just came to listen." That’s an opening line in A.D. Carson’s Ph.D. dissertation at Clemson University. Mr. Carson, a doctoral student in rhetorics, communication, and information...
03 Mar Clemson doctoral student produces rap album for dissertation; it goes viral
CLEMSON — Clemson University doctoral student A.D. Carson is many things — poet, activist, and rap artist to name a few — but “typical Ph.D. candidate” is not one of them. So when it came to writing a dissertation, he couldn’t simply write a traditional...
