Jared Ball
Jared A. Ball | |
|---|---|
 Ball in 2019 | |
| Alma mater | University of Maryland at College Park, Cornell University, Frostburg State University |
| Known for | Media Studies, Africana Studies, |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Colonialism, Mass Media, Hip Hop Education, African American Studies |
| Institutions | Morgan State University |
Jared A. Ball (born 1971, Washington, D.C.) is a professor of communication studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Additionally, he is an author, radio host and mixtape radio producer. In the 2008 presidential election, Ball sought the nomination of the Green Party of the United States before eventually dropping out and endorsing Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney.[1]
Education and career[]
Ball is a graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park, the Cornell Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University and Frostburg State University. Ball is the author of The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020), I Mix What I Like! A Mixtape Manifesto[2] and co-editor of A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable's Malcolm X,[3] a critique of Manning Marable's Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention.[4] He has also been known for his work on Pacifica Radio, Black Agenda Report and iMiXWHATiLiKE.ORG.[5]
References[]
- ^ Gosa, Travis L.; Nielson, Erik (2015). The Hip Hop & Obama Reader. Oxford University Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-19-934180-1.
- ^ http://www.imixwhatilike.org
- ^ "A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable's Malcolm X - J.Ball and T. Burroughs".
- ^ "Attempted ivory tower assassination of Malcolm X: an interview with Jared Ball, editor of ‘A Lie of Re-Invention’" San Francisco Bayview: National Black Newspaper (2012): http://sfbayview.com/2012/attempted-ivory-tower-assassination-of-malcolm-x-an-interview-wit-jared-ball-editor-of-a-lie-of-re-invention/
- ^ "Jared A. Ball, Ph.D." iMWiL!. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
External links[]
- Ball's faculty page at Morgan State University
- 1971 births
- 21st-century American politicians
- Activists for African-American civil rights
- African-American academics
- African-American non-fiction writers
- American non-fiction writers
- African-American candidates for President of the United States
- American radio hosts
- Cornell University alumni
- Frostburg State University alumni
- Living people
- Maryland Greens
- Morgan State University faculty
- Candidates in the 2008 United States presidential election
- University of Maryland, College Park alumni
- 21st-century African-American politicians
- 20th-century African-American people