Tara Colley is the Lecturer for USSC6914, Key issues in American Culture. She received her PhD from the University of Sydney in 2015, and her thesis topic was “Hip-hop and Whiteness in Post-race America”. Her recent publications include: “The New Real: Iggy Azalea and the Reality Performance” and "'The Rare White at the Window': A Reappraisal of Mark Costello and David Foster Wallace's Signifying Rappers".

Experience

  • –present
    Lecturer, United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney
  • 2017–2017
    Lecturer, Australian Catholic University

Education

  • 2015 
    University of Sydney, PhD in Hip Hop and Whiteness in Post-Race America

Publications

  • 2014
    Journal of American Studies, "The Rare White at the Window": A Reappraisal of Mark Costello and David Foster Wallace's Signifying Rappers
  • 2014
    Portal Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies, The New Real: Iggy Azalea and the Reality Performance

Contact Tara for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision