Rate My Professor Huda Hassan

Before joining NYU, Hassan taught courses addressing music and the African diaspora, Black feminist literature, and feminist theories and methods. Renowned as a writer, scholar, and cultural critic, her contributions have appeared in Pitchfork, BuzzFeed, New York Magazine, The Globe and Mail, Cosmopolitan, Gawker, Pound magazine, Complex, and CBC Arts. She acted as managing editor for Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies and has worked as a producer on projects such as CBC's For The Culture. Throughout her career, Hassan has managed musical artists, contributed to documentary television and films, and curated exhibits. She was awarded the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center fellowship in recognition of her writing and research. Additionally, she has participated as a jury member for the National Magazine Awards, Polaris Music Prize, and SOCAN Songwriting Awards. Hassan's debut essay collection, Children of the Snow, which explores themes of grief, exile, and community in the diaspora through urban lenses, is scheduled for publication in 2027 by McClelland & Stewart, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada.