About: Mary has published two collections of research on dance:
The Oxford Handbook of Hip Hop Dance Studies (2022, co-edited with Imani Kai Johnson) and
Movies, Moves, and Music: The Sonic World of Dance Films (2016, co-edited with Mark Evans). Her other recent research appears in
Contemporary Music Review (2021),
We Still Here: Hip Hop North of the 49th Parallel (Marsh and Campbell, eds., 2020),
Beyoncé: At Work, On Screen, and Online (Iddon and Marshall, eds., 2020) and
The Oxford Handbook of Dance Competition (Dodds, ed., 2019). She is currently the co-editor of
Contemporary Music Review, and serves on the editorial board of
Global Hip Hop Studies, and
DIY, Alternative Cultures and Society, as well as on the International Advisory Board of
IASPM Journal.
Writing Focus or Interests: poetry, short stories, non-fiction, academic