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Jeff Chang | |
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| Born | Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA) University of California, Los Angeles (MA) |
| Awards | American Book Award |
| Website | jeffchang |
Jeff Chang is an American historian, journalist, and music critic on hip hop music and culture. His 2005 book, Can't Stop Won't Stop, which won the Before Columbus Foundation's American Book Award, chronicles the early hip hop scene.[1] His writing has appeared in URB, BOMB, San Francisco Chronicle, The Village Voice, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Vibe, Spin, The Nation, and Mother Jones. He has also been featured on NPR.[2]
Chang was the executive director of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts + Committee on Black Performing Arts at Stanford University. He also served as the executive director of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford.[3] In June 2018, the Institute announced that Chang would leave to become the first vice president of Narrative, Arts, and Culture at Race Forward.[4] Chang resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.[5]
- ^ The American Book Awards / Before Columbus Foundation Archived July 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Accessed July 8, 2013.
- ^ "Author and journalist Jeff Chang". NPR.org. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- ^ "Jeff Chang". Taiji Terasaki. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ^ "IDA Bids Farewell To Executive Director Jeff Chang | Institute for Diversity in the Arts". diversityarts.stanford.edu. Archived from the original on March 11, 2019. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
- ^ Burke, Sarah (November 26, 2014). "Jeff Chang Questions Color-Blind America in New Book, 'Who We Be'". East Bay Express. Retrieved December 13, 2019.