Jack Hamilton

Jack Hamilton is Assistant Professor of American Studies and Media Studies at the University of Virginia. Just around Midnight: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination, featured in his Rorotoko interview, is his first book. He holds a B.A. in English from New York University, and a Ph.D. in American Studies from Harvard. He is the pop critic for Slate magazine, and his writing has appeared in The Atlantic, NPR, Transition, ESPN, L.A. Review of Books, Rolling Stone, and many other publications.