Adriana Helbig is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Pittsburgh, where she teaches courses on global hip- hop, music and disability studies, and prison sounds. A ...view moreAdriana Helbig is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Pittsburgh, where she teaches courses on global hip- hop, music and disability studies, and prison sounds. A recipient of fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, National Endowment for the Humanities, American Councils for International Education, IREX, and Fulbright, she has focused her research on issues relating to music and human rights. Her books include Hip Hop Ukraine: Music, Race, and African Migration (Indiana University Press, 2014), Hip Hop at Europe’s Edge: Music, Agency, and Social Change, coedited with Milosz Miszczynski (Indiana University Press, 2017), and ReSounding Poverty: Romani Music and Development Aid (forthcoming).view less