Decatur Native and Millikin Alumnus A.D. Carson to Deliver Moore Lecture December 1

November 10, 2026 Millikin University will welcome back Decatur native and alumnus Dr. A.D. Carson for the 2026 James W. Moore Lecture on Tuesday, December 1. Carson will present A Beginner s Guide to Being Dope, a lecture and reading from his latest book, Being Dope: Hip-Hop Theory through Mixtape Memoir, published this year by Oxford University Press. The event begins at 6 p.m. in the University Commons Banquet Rooms. It is free and open to the public, with a book signing following the presentation. A 2004 Millikin graduate and former Decatur Public Schools student, Carson is now an associate professor of hip-hop at the University of Virginia. His work combines music, history, literature and cultural criticism to explore the role of hip-hop in academic scholarship. Carson gained national attention for his doctoral dissertation at Clemson University, which was presented as a rap album. The project is believed to be the first rap album accepted as a doctoral dissertation in the