Dr. Peterson

James Peterson is an Assistant Professor of English at Bucknell University. Peterson is currently working on a book that explores in detail the lyrics and life of Tupac Shakur (forthcoming, Praeger/Greenwood Press). Peterson has conducted interviews with Gil Scott Heron, Dr. Manning Marable, Sistah Souljah, Snoop Dogg, DJ Jazzy Jeff and generally applies his journalistic skills and his ethnographic training toward innovative academic inquiry. Dr. Peterson has been featured on BET and Bet.com (The Jeff Johnson Chronicles) and he has published in Callaloo, Black Arts Quarterly, XXL, Technitions, and Lexani magazine. He has also been featured and/or quoted in Vibe Magazine, Philadelphia Weekly, Southern Voices and The Wall Street Journal.