Christopher Tinson

Christopher Tinson, Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History, earned a Ph.D. from the W.E.B. Du Bois department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He Holds an M.A. in ethnic studies from San Francisco State University and a B.A. from California State University, Dominguez Hills. His interdisciplinary research and teaching focuses on the intersections between Africana radical traditions, U.S. ethnic studies, hip-hop culture, critical media studies, incarceration, community-based education, and race and sports. His writings have been published in The Black Scholar, The Journal of African American History, The Nation, and Radical Teacher. He has conducted workshops at various college campuses, high schools, and juvenile detention centers, and serves as a youth mentor. Since 2006 he has hosted TRGGR Radio, a Hip-Hop-rooted social justice radio program.