Daniel White Hodge
Communication Arts
Professor of Communications
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(773) 244-5211
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Magnuson Campus Center 7; Campus Box #39
Education
BA,听Social & Behavioral Studies, California State University, Monterey Bay
MA, Intercultural Communication, Fuller Graduate School
PhD,听Intercultural Studies, Fuller Graduate School
Profile
Dr. Daniel White Hodge is professor of intercultural communications and chair of the communication arts department. He has advocated and fought for the equity and equality of young BIPOC adults for more than 25 years, and a large part of the work he continues to do at North Park is mentoring and coaching his students. White Hodge is also the research lead for North Park鈥檚 Catalyst 606__ program.
In his classes, students focus on the cultural and contextual deconstruction of media messages through practical engagement of current events. 鈥淲e get into the pragmatics of critical thought and the day-to-day impact of what race, gender, and class mean for each of my students,鈥 says White Hodge.
While White Hodge brings his own intersections into the classroom, he invites conversation about topics relating to race, gender, and religion. 鈥淚 could care less if (my students) agree or disagree; that鈥檚 not the point. The point is to think and to think critically about the challenging world we鈥檙e living in,鈥 he says.
White Hodge is also an author, lecturer, and presenter on topics of intercultural competencies and intersectionality.
Recent Publications
Homeland Insecurity: A Hip Hop Missiology for the Post-Civil Rights Connected.聽IVP Academic, 2018.
Hip Hop鈥檚 Hostile Gospel: A Post-Soul Theological Exploration.聽Brill Academic, 2017.
The Soul of Hip Hop: Rims, Timbs, & A Cultural Theology.聽IVP, 2010.
Heaven Has A Ghetto: The Missiological Theology of Tupac Amaru Shakur,聽.VDM Academic 2009.
He is published in聽Youth Worker Journal,听Youth & Family Journal,听The Journal of Religion, Film & Media,听The Journal of Youth Ministry, and聽The Journal of Popular Music Education,听as well as聽numerous book chapters in various readers.
Honors & Awards
2018 Martin Luther King Jr. Award
Professional Organizations & Associations
National Communication Association
American Academy of Religion