Josh Kun is widely recognized as a leading cultural historian whose scholarship at the intersections of popular music, media, race & ethnicity has been ground-breaking across culturla studies fields. Kun holds a joint appointment in the USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism, and in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity. Kun is a 2016 MacArthur Fellow and the winner of a 2018 Berlin Prize and a 2006 American Book Award. He also works as a journalist, essayist, and curator.