Dr. Taylor Cummings

One, because of the nature of the content of my dissertation, but also because I didn't want the university to own my story like that, you know?

So just- What do you mean?

So when you produce work within an institution, it's their IP in a lot of ways, yeah.

So there are things that you can do- Man, they got that shit.

figured the fuck out.

There's like paperwork things that you can figure out, but I don't, just to kind of protect the sanctity of the work.

And also because it was still produced within the limitations of the academy, you know?

So as much as it was innovative and I use the soundtrack of my life, I use hip hop hermeneutics.

I did all these things.

It still was within those limitations.

So it didn't feel like fully me.

Yeah.

You know, so I really wanted to take a step and just say, OK, I completed this assignment.

I did the project.

I did the task.

I'm a doctor now.

What does this really look like to put it in the hands of my people?

So now taking the time to go through that and figure out what that looks like.

So I have, you know, academic articles and publications I'm working on, but also things that are more geared towards who I'm talking to.

Yeah.