Rodney Charmichael

Rodney Charmichael

Rodney Carmichael is a storyteller, journalist and cultural critic, covering hip-hop at NPR Music since 2017. He often works at the intersection of race and inequality, telling stories across mediums that combine reporting and criticism to spotlight the sociopolitical significance of Black cultural production. As co-host/co-creator of NPR’s first narrative music podcast Louder Than A Riot, he2025-2026 Nasir Jones Hiphop Fellow

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Remembering Marcyliena Morgan

We mourn the passing of Marcyliena H. Morgan, the founding director of the Hip Hop Archive & Research Institute. After a long illness, she is at peace. 

Earlier this month, Hopi Hoekstra, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences, enthusiastically approved the renaming of the Hip Hop Archive as the Marcyliena H. Morgan Hip Hop Archive & Research Institute, ensuring that her historical legacy will live on at Harvard for all time. 

The Ernest E. Monrad Professor Emerita of the Social Sciences and Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard, Professor Morgan created the world’s first, largest, and best archive to record the ongoing cultural phenomenon of Hip Hop music, art, and culture. The Hutchins Center is committed to carrying on the study of this most vital and global of art forms in her name.

The Harvard Gazette is preparing a feature about Professor Morgan’s career at Harvard to be released soon.

In so many ways Marcy Morgan was the heart and soul of the Hutchins Center and AAAS communities here at Harvard, and she will be deeply missed. Our thoughts at this time are with her beloved husband, Professor Lawrence Bobo, her family, and all who loved her.

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