AP at University of Notre Dame ~ Johns Hopkins University PhD ~ Founder of HipHopRx ~ Performance Ethnographer ~ Historian of Medicine ~ Cultural Theorist 🏀🎶💯✌🏽✊🏿 Personal Website: https://pyarseth.org HipHopRx: https://hip-hop-rx.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/pyarseth.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/pyarseth.bsky.social/post/3mja4nxrouk2sComing soon…11 Apr 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:4e5vrtn4k4jncinn2rgjvllo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mja4nxrouk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/pyarseth.bsky.social/post/3mg5wqttels2eMy piece, “The Diagnostic State: Police Discretion and the Securitization of HIV/AIDS in the United States” just dropped. This one started in graduate school so I’m happy it’s finally out in the world. Check it out: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1462474526142857103 Mar 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:4e5vrtn4k4jncinn2rgjvllo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg5wqttels2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/pyarseth.bsky.social/post/3lz4jkvzgkc23Been sitting on this one for a minute but I just had a piece on Zora Neale Hurston drop! Check it out! “A Wayward Method: Zora Neale Hurston’s Critical Fabulation.” https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/73767618 Sep 2025 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:4e5vrtn4k4jncinn2rgjvllo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz4jkvzgkc23https://bsky.app/profile/pyarseth.bsky.social/post/3ls2jhhmiys2dHonored to be in the Hip Hop South special issue! Big love to my brotha Corey J. Miles for curating something so beautiful. This piece about grandma was probably the hardest thing I've written - very grateful Southern Cultures allowed me to share her light with y’all20 Jun 2025 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:4e5vrtn4k4jncinn2rgjvllo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls2jhhmiys2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/pyarseth.bsky.social/post/3lornvmddhk26I absolutely agree. We need to question AI and its impact. But some of this “crisis of humanity” stuff is overblown. Students have always cheated. Cut and paste from Wikipedia. SparkNotes. Answers on the back of the calculator. Different forms but reflect a view many have always had of education10 May 2025 00:14 +0000at://did:plc:4e5vrtn4k4jncinn2rgjvllo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lornvmddhk26https://bsky.app/profile/pyarseth.bsky.social/post/3lj6netune226Never imagined I’d write a book but I’m thrilled to be working with @nyupress.bsky.social The Spectral Defect: Clinical Afterlives of State Violence coming to shelves near you!27 Feb 2025 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:4e5vrtn4k4jncinn2rgjvllo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj6netune226https://bsky.app/profile/pyarseth.bsky.social/post/3lg5b42fjfs2nLawd my Ravens finna do it to me again 😪20 Jan 2025 02:10 +0000at://did:plc:4e5vrtn4k4jncinn2rgjvllo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg5b42fjfs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/pyarseth.bsky.social/post/3lcxvs3ega22zWith the end of the semester approaching, and the passing of Nikki Giovanni, my students and I crafted a poem to sum up our time together. And, well, I’ve been crying for the last hour 😂 Idk, I thought I’d share…. Rest easy. Thug life (iykyk)10 Dec 2024 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:4e5vrtn4k4jncinn2rgjvllo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcxvs3ega22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/pyarseth.bsky.social/post/3lcxvh627422zyou know those people that ones that make you feel at home in your own skin sometimes our heroes suck and sometimes they save lives Thank you. Rest. https://www.publicbooks.org/nikki-giovanni-on-rest-love-and-care/10 Dec 2024 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:4e5vrtn4k4jncinn2rgjvllo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcxvh627422zhttps://bsky.app/profile/pyarseth.bsky.social/post/3lc3uw7jigk27New piece of mine dropped in Qualitative Inquiry! “Condensed Eulogies: On Biology, Brutality, and Blame.” Been experimenting with tone and prose a lot lately; hope some of it resonates. Check it out and lemme know what you think! https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1077800424130100429 Nov 2024 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:4e5vrtn4k4jncinn2rgjvllo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc3uw7jigk27