Our very first guest is Dr. Michael Dando, Assistant Professor in the English Department at St. Cloud State University. Dr. Dando is a 2020 Miller Scholar grant recipient for his work on Afrofuturistic Design and Literacy. If you ask the students, they will say they know Dr. Dando as the professor of their Hip Hop Cultural Studies course. A course that has received a lot of positive feedback from students who had the opportunity to create their own Hip Hop artifacts – virtual exhibits, books of artwork and vinyl records. When he’s not on campus teaching, you can find Dr. Dando in his basement home-studio recording and producing his own podcast – Comics School.
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S1E1: Tuning In and Turning Up with Dr. Michael Dando Episode Transcript
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