Her first book, Prophets of the Hood: Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop , was published by Duke University Press in 2004. She is the author of articles in the field of Law and Cultural Studies, with a particular focus on race and the politics of literary production and media. Perry was a Visiting Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School in the fall of 2005. She received her Ph.D. from the Harvard University Program in American Civilization, her J.D. from Harvard Law School, and her B.A. from Yale College. [top]