Todd Boyd
- Professor of critical studies, USC School of Cinematic Arts
- Katherine and Frank Price Endowed Chair for the Study of Race and Popular Culture
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Expertise
- African American cinema and culture
- music and pop culture
- media and society
- sports and society
- American cinema and television
- race, class and gender in American film
- blaxploitation films and 70s culture
- hip-hop culture
Additional Information
- Author, Young Black Rich and Famous: The Rise of the NBA, the Hip Hop Invasion and the Transformation of American Culture (2003), The New H.N.I.C: The Death of Civil Rights and the Reign of Hip Hop (2003) and Am I Black Enough for You? Popular Culture from the ‘Hood and Beyond (1997)
- Editor, Basketball Jones: America above the Rim (2000) and Out of Bounds: Sports, Media and the Politics of Identity (1997)
- Co-writer and producer, The Wood (1999)