The Crew

Marcyliena Morgan

Executive Director 

morgan@hiphoparchive.org

Alvin Benjamin Carter III

Program Coordinator 

carter@hiphoparchive.org

Alvin coordinates projects and events for the Hiphop Archive and works closely with staff and participants at the Hiphop Archive and the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University.

His undying commitment to Hiphop is evident on academic, entrepreneurial, and social levels. He graduated from Northeastern University with a B.S. in Music Industry. During his time there he hosted a morning radio show, started two businesses, and sat on an event planning board that booked concerts with major artists such as Method Man, Busta Rhymes, and Ludacris. Now at the Hiphop Archive, Alvin is ready to take his commitment to Hiphop to the next level. 

Alex Agloro

agloro@hiphoparchive.org 

Alex is a scholar-in-training at San Francisco State University.  Her current research interest is in the borders between hiphop and yoga.  She's currently completing her teaching certification in Anusara Yoga, with plans to develop a yoga practice more accessible to people of color and at-risk youth.  Alex currently resides in Oakland, California.  

Chhay Chhun

Website Consultant 

chhun@hiphoparchive.org  

Chhay manages the Business Systems group at Forbes Media.  He is currently working for the Hiphop Archive as a part-time Website consultant.  He is a DJ/b-boy, was raised in the Bronx, and currently resides in South Harlem.  He believes that Hiphop is dead, but Wu-tang is forever.  He is also the creator of BBoysRUs.com.

dufelmeier@hiphoparchive.org

Daylan is a researcher for the Hiphop archive, focusing on the Katrina project. He is an aspiring academic with a day job that keeps him in Chicago.
Daylan was born and raised in Australia with roots in Chicago. After moving to the USA he attended and graduated from Florida A&M University with a degree in Philosophy & Religion. Since college Daylan has worked in varying capacities as an organizer, educator, researcher and at times all three. He is committed to the fight. 

def@hiphoparchive.org  

garrett@hiphoparchive.org   

Website Designer and Consultant 

kilat@hiphoparchive.org

Born and raised in The Bay, Kyle hooked up with The Archive after graduating from Stanford in 2006.  Since then, he has worked as a part-time designer and consultant for The Archive's web projects and properties.  For his "day job," he works as an Interaction Designer at Intuit, Inc. (a software company in the Silicon Valley).  On the side, he also does work as graphic/web designer for additional businesses and organizations, and runs a custom sneaker and clothing business: Lost Soles Customs. 

The Architect of Political Power 

norwood@hiphoparchive.org  

Fueled by a belief in the power of the community Jessica began organizing at when she was only eight years old. First, distributing literature to her neighbors on local candidates and organizing neighborhood trash pick-ups to becoming one of the nations most sought after experts on the diversity of youth organizing within politics. After receiving her degree from Northern Illinois University in Political Science, she went on to work with elected officials and community activist in Indiana, Georgia, Louisiana, South Dakota, New York and Washington, DC.  Ms. Norwood has gained the most well rounded approach to political organizing as she has served as a campaign manager and field director for federal campaigns as well as deputy director of fundraising and managing director for national youth organizations with budgets that exceed a million dollars annually. Damn, this woman is talented! 

shawn@hiphoparchive.org  

Kedamai Fisshea

Research Assistant

fisshea@hiphoparvhive.org  

Research Assistant

kadagathar@hiphoparchive.org  

Reasearch Assistant

ragheb@hiphoparchive.org 

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