• DeAngela Duff
• Industry Professor, Integrated Design & Media
• New York University

De Angela L. Duff is an Industry Professor in Integrated Design and Media and an
Associate Vice Provost at New York University. She curates polished solid music
symposia including the upcoming Prince #SexyMF30 and #TripleThreat40 (2022),
speaks about music, design, and technology at numerous conferences internationally
including Pop Conference 2021, Prince 78-88: An Interdisciplinary Conference (2021),
and the 2nd Dayton Funk Symposium (2021), writes about music most recently in the
edited volume Prince and Popular Music: Critical Perspectives on an Interdisciplinary
Life (2020, Bloomsbury), has spoken on WNYC, BBC Manchester, and Minnesota
Public Radio, and produces, co-hosts, and edits the Prince & Prince-related podcasts
on Grown Folks Music’s podcast network. You can view her past and present work at
polishedsolid.com.

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• What Else Can There Be? Black Play / Cultural (Dis)Locations