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Emery’s first two books explored the relationship between hip-hop culture and education. Hip-Hop Culture in College Students’ Lives (Routlege, 2012) explored how young adults apply the aesthetics and worldviews of hip-hop to their educational lives. The book received popular coverage in the Philadelphia, Boston, and New York Metro Paper, and was reviewed in Journal of College Student Development, International Journal of Critical Pedagogy, Scratched Vinyl, and other venues. Schooling Hip-Hop: Expanding Hip-Hop Based Education Across the Curriculum (Teachers College Press, 2013) explored the theory and practice of hip-hop based education in science, social studies, college composition, teacher education, and other fields. Called “incredibly important” by hip-hop artist Immortal Technique, the book was positively reviewed in Harvard Educational Review; Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research; and other venues.

Emery’s third and fourth books addressed the racial diversity of the teaching profession. Navigating Teacher Licensure Exams (Routledge, 2019) looked at the experiences aspiring teachers of color have with the high stakes standardized exams that can keep them out of the profession. Emery’s work in this area received the Innovations in Research on Equity and Social Justice in Teacher Education Award from Division K of the American Educational Research Association. Teacher Education Across Minority Serving Institutions (Rutgers University Press, 2018) consolidated scholarship from institutions that play the largest roles putting Black and Brown teachers in classrooms: Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions. The first of its kind, the book received the Exemplary Research in Teaching and Teacher Education Award from Division K of the American Educational Research Association.