Christopher Emdin is the Robert Naslund Endowed Chair in Curriculum and Teaching at the University of Southern California. He is an American academic who was previously an Associate Professor of Science Education at the

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where he also served as Director of Science Education at the Center for Health Equity and Urban Science Education (CHEUSE). He was a noted author of the

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and regular contributor to ''

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''. He developed and partnered with the rapper

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and the website

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to develop the Science Genius B.A.T.T.L.E.S, which engages students in science through the creation of raps and a final rap battle competition. Emdin is founder of the #HipHopEd web chat and social movement.

Academic background

Emdin holds a bachelor's degrees in Physical Anthropology, Biology, and Chemistry from

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(2000). He also holds a M.S. in Natural Sciences from

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(2003), and a PhD in Urban Education from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, (2007).

Bibliography

Emdin is the author of several books, including: *''Urban Science Education for the Hip-Hop Generation'' (2010) *''For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood...and the Rest of Y'all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education'' (2016), ''New York Times'' bestseller *''Between the World and the Urban Classroom,'' with George Sirrakos (2017) *''#HipHopEd: The Compilation on Hip-Hop Education,'' with Edmund Adjapong (2018) *''Ratchetdemic: Reimagining Academic Success'' (2021)

References

External links

Prof. Emdin's Columbia University website

Chris Emdin's personal website
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Christopher Emdin: Teach teachers how to create magic (TED@NYC 2013)

Reality Pedagogy: Christopher Emdin at TEDxTeachersCollege (2012)
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