Kyra Gaunt

UAlbany

Kyra Gaunt is an Assistant Professor at UAlbany and a cutting-edge scholar of digital and embodied ethnomusicology. Her work centers Black music studies, Black girlhood, and Hip Hop feminism. She is the author of The Games Black Girls Play: Learning the Ropes from Double-Dutch to Hip-Hop, winner of the Merriam Prize and a catalyst for acclaimed dance, film, and media projects. Her scholarship has been featured by the New York Times and inspired the Oscar-nominated documentary Black Girls Play.