{"587160":{"#nid":"587160","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"OutKast in Class: Using Hip-Hop to Teach Social Justice","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoycelyn Wilson, visiting professor\u0026nbsp;in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was interviewed in \u0026ldquo;OutKast in Class: Using Hip-Hop to Teach Social Justice,\u0026rdquo; a segement on \u003Cstrong\u003ENPR\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EAll Things Considered\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology is known for graduating its students from nationally-ranked programs in science, technology, engineering and math.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA new class taught by visiting professor Dr. Joyce Wilson is using hip-hop to take those students down a more creative pathway than their STEM studies to learn about issues such as race, poverty and cultural identity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe class is titled \u0026ldquo;Exploring the Lyrics of OutKast and Trap Music to Explore Politics of Social Justice.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Wilson joined me in the studio to explain why she\u0026rsquo;s teaching trap at Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gpbnews.org\/post\/outkast-class-using-hip-hop-teach-social-justice\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2017-02-08 19:19:16","changed_gmt":"2017-02-08 19:19:16","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"2022 Diversity Champion awards","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/gpbnews.org\/post\/outkast-class-using-hip-hop-teach-social-justice","dateline":{"date":"2017-02-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-02-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"586075":{"id":"586075","type":"image","title":"Joycelyn Wilson","body":null,"created":"1484682506","gmt_created":"2017-01-17 19:48:26","changed":"1484682506","gmt_changed":"2017-01-17 19:48:26","alt":"","file":{"fid":"223378","name":"joycelynwilson.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/joycelynwilson.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/joycelynwilson.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":9355,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/joycelynwilson.jpg?itok=BNBv99Vv"}}},"media_ids":["586075"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}