His dissertation is presently titled "Start Dancing!: Communicative Spark and Sustainability in Post-Motown Detroit."
His first publication is now available:
"'Welcome to tha D.': Making and remaking hip hop culture in post-Motown Detroit."
In Represent Where I'm From: The Greenwood Guide to American Regional Hip Hop,"
ed. Mickey Hess, 393-428. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2009.
He recently was Awarded 2009 Mark C. Stevens Researcher Travel Fellow for the
Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan to pursue research related to dissertation.
He tweets and takes photos as part of his research process.