Christopher Emdin is the Maxine Greene Chair for Distinguished Contributions to Education at Columbia University’s Teachers College. He is also the director of Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship at the Schupf Family/STEAM Dream & IdeaLab at Skidmore College. The creator of the #HipHopEd social media movement and the Science Genius program, he is also the author of Ratchetdemic and the companion book From White Folks Who Teach in the Hood, coedited by sam seidel. Connect with him on Twitter @chrisemdin or on his website: www.chrisemdin.com.
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