The Graphic History of Hip Hop with Walter Greason and Tim Fielder

Are you an academic open to making an impact with your research in creative ways? ⁠Dr. Walter Greason⁠ is back on The Social Academic podcast with artist, Tim Fielder.

They created The Graphic History of Hip Hop, a graphic novel taking the education sector by storm. When I asked, "did you expect this kind of response from your book?" It was a definite no. The ripple effect of engagement and impact The Graphic History of Hip Hop is creating for students is inspiring.

"Hip Hop isn’t just beats and rhymes… it’s a movement that fought to redefine the times," --Graphic History Company. About The Graphic History of Hip Hop, vol. 1 https://www.graphichistorycompany.com...

https://theacademicdesigner.com/2025/...


Thank you for watching! Please subscribe for more videos for your online presence in academia.

Want to support The Social Academic? Buy Jennifer a matcha or tea 🍵: https://buymeacoffee.com/higheredpr



Dr. Walter Greason, Ph.D., DeWitt Wallace Professor in the Department of History at Macalester College is the preeminent historian of Afrofuturism, the Black Speculative Arts, and digital economies in the world today. Named one of “Today’s Black History Makers” by The Philadelphia Daily News, Dr. Greason has written more than one hundred academic articles and essays. His work has appeared on Huffington Post, National Public Radio, and The Atlantic among other popular, professional and scholarly journals. He is also the author, editor, and contributor to eighteen books, including Suburban Erasure, The Land Speaks, Cities Imagined, Illmatic Consequences, and The Black Reparations Project.

From 2007 ­­– 2012, Dr. Greason was an advisor to Building One America, the coalition that designed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2009). He also served as the Founding President of the T. Thomas Fortune Foundation, an organization that saved the National Historic Landmark dedicated to the leading, militant journalist of the nineteenth century. Dr. Greason’s digital humanities projects, “The Wakanda Syllabus” and “The Racial Violence Syllabus”, produced global responses in the last six years. His work in historic preservation and virtual reality continues to inspire new research around the world. Dr. Greason currently writes about the racial wealth gap and the patterns of economic globalization.

Dr. Greason is currently serving as a special consultant to the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
https://www.walterdgreason.com/

Tim Fielder is an Illustrator, concept designer, cartoonist, and animator born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and raised in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He has a lifelong love of Visual Afrofuturism, Pulp entertainment, and action films. He holds other Afrofuturists such as Samuel R. Delany, Octavia Butler, Pedro Bell, and Overton Loyd as major influences. He is the creator of the graphic novels INFINITUM: An Afrofuturist Tale, published by HarperCollins Amistad in 2021, and the Glyph Award-winning ‘Matty’s Rocket.’
Fielder is also known for participating in the Carnegie Hall Afrofuturism Festival exhibit ‘Black Metropolis’ and The Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture exhibit ‘AFROFUTURISM: A History of Black Futures’.
https://timfielder.com/

#GraphicNovel #GraphicHistory

Professors! Welcome to The Social Academic. I’m Jennifer van Alstyne (@HigherEdPR). I help academics feel confident when showing up online. Let's build a strong digital footprint for your academic life through social media, websites, and bio writing.

-----------------------------------------
Visit The Academic Designer website https://theacademicdesigner.com

Here's how we can work together https://theacademicdesigner.com/services

Schedule your no pressure Zoom call with Jennifer to talk about working together on your online presence for professors ✨ https://higheredpr.as.me/meet-with-je...

-----------------------------------------
Social Media

LinkedIn   / jennifervanalstyne  
Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/jenvanalstyn...
Instagram   / higheredpr  
X https://x.com/HigherEdPR
Facebook   / higheredpr  
Threads https://www.threads.net/@higheredpr
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0BCuleB...