Todd Boyd
| Todd Boyd | |
|---|---|
| Born | Detroit, Michigan |
| Other names | Notorious Ph.D, Dr. B |
| Occupation | Professor, author, media commentator, film producer, consultant |
Todd Boyd, aka "Notorious Ph.D.", is the Katherine and Frank Price Endowed Chair for the Study of Race & Popular Culture and Professor of Critical Studies in the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Dr. Boyd is an accomplished scholar, author, media commentator, producer and consultant. He is regarded as one of the nation's leading experts on American popular culture and is especially noted for his pioneering work on media, race, cinema, hip hop culture, and sports. Boyd received his Ph.D in Communication Studies from the University of Iowa in 1991 and began his professorial career at USC in the fall of 1992.
Dr. Boyd is the author of The Notorious Ph.D’s Guide to the Super Fly 70s: A Connoisseur’s Journey Through the Fabulous Flix, Hip Sounds, and Cool Vibes That Defined a Decade (Harlem Moon/Broadway/Random House, 2007), Young Black Rich and Famous: The Rise of the NBA, the Hip Hop Invasion, and the Transformation of American Culture (Doubleday/Random House, 2003), The New H.N.I.C: The Death of Civil Rights and the Reign of Hip Hop (NYU Press, 2002), and Am I Black Enough For You?: Popular Culture from the 'Hood and Beyond (Indiana University Press, 1997).
The New H.N.I.C. was cited in the 10th Anniversary (September 2003) issue of VIBE Magazine as "one of the most significant books ever written on hip-hop." He is also the editor of African Americans and Popular Culture Vol. 1–3 (Praeger/Greenwood, 2008), Basketball Jones: America Above the Rim (with Kenneth Shropshire, NYU Press, 2000) and Out of Bounds: Sports, Media and the Politics of Identity (with Aaron Baker, Indiana University Press, 1997).
Boyd has also written extensively for publications that include the Los Angeles Times, ESPN.com, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, and TheRoot.com. He has been consistently quoted in major newspapers and magazines, including Time, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, Washington Post, USA Today, Boston Globe, Detroit Free Press, Variety, Hollywood Reporter, GQ, People, Vibe, The Source, London Guardian, London Financial Times, BBC Radio, Ashai Shinbum (Tokyo, Japan) and the Sunday Morning Herald (Sydney, Australia).
An especially visible media commentator since the 1990s, Dr. Boyd has appeared on numerous network and cable television broadcasts including; NBC Nightly News, The Today Show (NBC), CBS Evening News, ABC World News Tonight, The News Hour (PBS), Frontline (PBS), Good Morning America (ABC), Biography (A & E), Headline News (CNN), Access Hollywood (NBC), and True Hollywood Stories (E!), among other shows.
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