Dr. Marc Lamont Hill holds a Ph.D. (with distinction) from the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Hill is a Presidential Professor of Anthropology and Urban Education at the City University of New York Graduate Center. His research and writing explore the relationships between race, culture, politics, and education in the United States and the Middle East.

Dr. Hill is the author or co-author of eight books, including the award-winning Beats, Rhymes, and Classroom Life; Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on The Vulnerable from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond; We Still Here: Pandemic, Policing, Protest, and Possibility; Except For Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics; and Schooling Against The Prison.

Dr. Hill is a scholar-activist who has worked on campaigns to end the death penalty, abolish prisons, and release numerous political prisoners. He is also the host of BET News, The Grio, Al Jazeera UpFront, and the Coffee & Books podcast. An award-winning journalist, Dr. Hill has received numerous prestigious awards from the National Association of Black Journalists, GLAAD, and the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Ebony Magazine has named him one of America’s 100 most influential Black leaders.