Josh Kun

rdf:langString Josh Kun

rdf:langString Josh Kun

rdf:langString Josh Kun

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rdf:langString University of California, Riverside,

rdf:langString USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

rdf:langString University of California, Berkeley

rdf:langString MacArthur Fellowship

rdf:langString Josh Kun in 2016

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rdf:langString Josh Kun is an American author, academic and music critic. Kun is Professor of Communication and Journalism and chair in Cross-Cultural Communication in the Annenberg School at the University of Southern California.He also holds a joint appointment at USC's Department of American Studies and Ethnicity. He is the director of USC Annenberg's School of Communication, director of The Popular Music Project at USC Annenberg's the Norman Lear Center and co-editor of the book series "Refiguring American Music" for Duke University Press. Kun serves on the boards of Dublab, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, and the Latin American Cinemateca, and on the editorial boards of American Quarterly, the International Journal of Communications, and The Journal of Popular Music Studies. He has also worked as a consultant and curator with The Los Angeles Public Library, Walt Disney Concert Hall, The Autry National Center, and the Santa Monica Museum of Art. He is a 2016 MacArthur Fellow.