Chris Emdin has been named to of 27 leaders who are 鈥渂ridging divides鈥� in the United States.
Time cites Emdin, Associate Professor of Science Education, for 鈥渨orking to bridge the cultural divide between teachers and students, especially when the teaching workforce fails to reflect student diversity.鈥�
Helping teachers to engage with students 鈥渙n their own cultural turf鈥� is essential to creating culturally-inclusive classrooms that better empower their students, says Emdin, who has become internationally known for championing the use of hip hop in teaching science. 鈥淭he system, as it exists, just doesn鈥檛 do well for a vast majority of young people...We just have to change it.鈥�
Emdin is the author of the critically acclaimed For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood 鈥� and the Rest of Y鈥檃ll Too, and the founder of the #HipHopEd initiative, recently covered by .