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    After Rapping His Dissertation, A.D. Carson Is UVa's New Hip-Hop Professor

    Carson's doctoral dissertation, a 34-track rap album, went viral. This fall, he'll teach hip-hop history and composition in the hope of giving his students tools to engage in difficult conversations.
    by Ashley Young Jul 15, 2017 2 minutes
    Clemson University doctoral candidate A.D. Carson takes questions during his dissertation defense Feb. 24, 2017.

    Earlier this year, rapper A.D. Carson completed a 34-song album he called Owning My Masters: The Rhetorics Of Rhymes & Revolutions. If that sounds like an unusual title for a hip-hop record, keep in mind that the album also served as Carson's doctoral dissertation.

    Carson received his Ph.D. in rhetorics,

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