Dr. Chenjerai Kumanyika is a scholar, journalist, and artist who researches and teaches in the department of Journalism and Media studies at Rutgers University. He is also the co-host and co-creator of Gimlet Media’s Peabody winning Uncivil podcast. His January 2015 article on Vocal Color in Public Radio produced for Transom.org was featured on NPR, The Washington Post and Buzzfeed, trending nationally on Twitter, and spawning a nationwide discussion of diversity in public media.