Emmett G. Price III, PhD, is the founding dean of Africana Studies at Berklee College of Music. An internationally recognized expert on Black music and culture, Afro-diasporic sacred and secular expressions, and Christian worship, he has spent much of the past few decades writing, lecturing, and conducting cutting-edge research on bridging the generational divide. Price is the author of Hip Hop Culture (ABC-CLIO, 2006), executive editor of the Encyclopedia of African American Music (ABC-CLIO, 2011), and editor of The Black Church and Hip Hop Culture: Toward Bridging the Generational Divide (Scarecrow Press, 2012). He is the former editor-in-chief of the Journal of Popular Music Studies. Along with numerous commissioned writings and book-length chapters, his work can be found in American Music, Black Music Research Journal, Ethnomusicology, International Jazz Archives Journal, Journal of Popular Music Studies, Yale Journal of Music and Religion, and many other publications.

A celebrated keynote and motivational speaker in high demand, Price has addressed audiences at Nike, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, the American Jazz Museum, and many more. He has appeared on WGBH-TV’s Basic Black, WNYC’s RadioLab, and NPR’s All Things Considered. Price regularly contributes to WGBH’s Boston Public Radio segment All Rev’d Up! and is the co-executive producer and co-host of the popular All Rev’d Up podcast. A trained musician, composer, and arranger, Price has performed around the globe with numerous sacred music ensembles, gospel choirs, and jazz bands.