Miss-Education: Women in Hip-Hop Course Coming to Princeton University

Princeton University is set to offer a course on the history of women in hip-hop. Princeton’s Lewis Center of the Arts will offer “Miss-Education: The Women In Hip-Hop,” a study of artists like MC Lyte, Salt-N-Pepa and Lauryn Hill as pillars of culture and historical influencers and examined through a feminist perspective.

One of the course instructors, artist and educator Eternia posted on Instagram about the announcement. 

“From MC Sha Rock, Roxanne Shanté, Queen Latifah, Sister Souljah, Lauryn Hill, Bahamadia, Lil Kim, Cardi B and beyond, this methods-based course will examine the lives and professional careers of women in hip hop by simultaneously focussing on how we preserve these histories. Students will learn to research, archive, and document women’s contributions to hip hop using practices rooted in hip hop archiving, oral history, performance and podcasting.”

The university describes the course as “an embodied exploration of hip hop feminism as scholarship, praxis and performance. At once a multimedia research lab and a performance workshop, the course positions students as both critical investigators and creative practitioners. Students will engage the contributions of women in hip hop, including MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, Lauryn Hill, Bahamadia, Eternia and more. Drawing inspiration from the Lyricist Lounge Show’s theatrical hybrid (rap, comedy, sketch and improvisation fused into music theatre), students will devise original short performances that interrogate the intersections of race, gender, class, power and art.”

Chesney Snow, Dr. Francesca D’Amico-Cuthbert and artist Eternia have been named as course instructors. The course will culminate in a showing at the Lewis Center for the Arts during class time on April 30, 2026, in which students present devised Hip-Hop theater skits.