Professor Tricia Rose
Tricia Rose is internationally recognized for her trailblazing insights and ability to deepen our understanding of complex, difficult social issues.
Tricia’s pioneering body of work includes the groundbreaking study of hip hop (Black Noise, 1994), a moving oral history of Black women’s sexual lives (Longing to Tell, 2003), a critical assessment of hip hop’s evolution (The Hip Hop Wars, 2008), a first-of-its-kind systems analysis of racism (Metaracism: How Systemic Racism Devastates Black Lives–And How We Break Free, 2024) and the uniquely immersive experience on systemic racism and resilience, Way Outta No Way (2025).
The Way Outta No Way project has its own YouTube channel, Spirit Stays Free: https://www.youtube.com/@SpiritStaysFree
She earned her Ph.D. from Brown University and her B.A. from Yale University. She is a professor at Brown University, where she now serves as Chancellor’s Professor of Africana Studies and Director of the Systemic Racism and Resilience Project.
Crucial takeaways from Baltimore's historic crime drop - Tricia Rose
From Woke to DEI and Beyond: the war of words continues - Tricia Rose on Left of Black
Creativity is a Powerful Source of Resilience - Tricia Rose on the Talk Nerdy Podcast
Will Ending Class Oppression End Racism? - Tricia Rose on Marc Lamont Hill’s Night School
Racism Did Not End With the Civil Rights Act - Tricia Rose on Generation Rising
My Dad's Version of 'The Talk' - Tricia Rose on Michael Shermer
Remembering Mike Brown - Tricia Rose and Marc Lamont Hill
Remembering Michael Brown - Tricia Rose and Marc Lamont Hill
How We Use Knowledge of Systemic Racism: Tricia Rose & Tracey Matisak
Systemic racism hides in plain sight: Tricia Rose discusses Metaracism on Story In The Public Square
The Way Racism Hides From Us - Tricia Rose & Rashad Robinson in conversation about "Metaracism" book
Tricia Rose explores systemic racial issues in her book, ‘Metaracism’ - ABC News
"Metaracism" by Tricia Rose - Book Trailer
"Seeing Systemic Racism" Clip - Tricia Rose
How Structural Racism Works
Tricia Rose on Policing & Protest in the U.S. - BBC News Segment, June 2020
COVID-19: Class of 2020 – Tricia Rose on The Perri Peltz Show
COVID-19: Systemic Racism – Tricia Rose on The Perri Peltz Show
Tricia Rose on #TheShowMustBePaused (WNYC Interview)
Commercial Hip Hop and Structural Racism
Tricia Rose 2015 Brown University Convocation Keynote Address 'Unfinished'
Race and the 2016 Presidential Election – Professor Tricia Rose
Tricia Rose on becoming a hip hop scholar
Making Black Lives Matter – Professor Tricia Rose
Black Feminism, Popular Culture, and Respectability Politics – Professor Tricia Rose
Tricia Rose on Educational Equality in an Unequal World
Tricia Rose vs Glenn Loury on the Meaning of Mike Brown
Tricia Rose on Racial Profiling
Ferguson Teach-In at Brown University
Joe Budden versus Professor Tricia Rose