Antoine Hardy

Dr. Antoine Hardy , a North Carolina native, is a young veteran of academia with experience at institutions such as Wake Forest, Emerson College  Florida International University and most recently Borough of Manhattan Community College.  Dr. Hardy holds a PhD. in Communication from the University of South Florida and a M.A from Wake Forest University in Communication/Af-am Rhetoric . His research and teaching interests revolve around issues of culture ,community and communication in hip-hop and black digital/public rhetoric. Cultivating curiosity and creativity is a hallmark of his courses.  

You can find his work on hip-hop, reality tv and  digital humanities in journals such as Critical Studies in Media Communication , Social Media and Society as well as his book Loving the Cool which focuses on hip-hop masculinity and "love songs" at the turn of the  21st century.  On the public side, Hardy recently published a MF DOOM piece for Hanif Abdurraqib’s public online journal 68to85.com. Along with academic endeavors , he's a founding member of the first annual  hip-hop conference at a HBCU with Scholars of the Culture at Wiley College, and the founder, director and lead facilitator of  a city-wide community dialogue program in  Miami . Active in community outreach  Dr. Hardy is a former board member of the Miami Urban Debate League and member of the City of Miami Together for Children Violence steering Committee conducting qualitative research ethnographies in at risk communities. Hardy has consulted for organizations such as Harper Books on proper research practices , Pen America on conflict communication in the classroom and community, as well as  city government workshops on implicit bias and micro-aggressions.  On the creative side, Hardy is a former manager of artist/producers  and has done press coverage  at events such as Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival ., Dilla Day and SXSW .  Most recently,Dr. Hardy executive produced and A&R’d the 2021 Bandcamp release by George Suggs Youth Wasted on the Young.