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Michael Jeffries in conversation with Paul Blezard

Michael Jeffries is the Class of 1949 Professor in Ethics and American Studies at Wellesley College. He holds a PhD from Harvard University and is the author of three books, most recently, Behind the Laughs: Community and Inequality in Comedy (Stanford University Press, 2017).

His two previous books are Paint The White House Black: Barack Obama and the Meaning of Race in America (Stanford University Press, 2013) and Thug Life: Race, Gender, and the Meaning of Hip-Hop (University of Chicago Press, 2011). His writing appears in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Atlantic, and The Boston Globe, and he is a regular contributor on both television and radio at Boston's public broadcasting station, WGBH.