![Marcyliena Morgan stands in front of a chalkboard](/sites/g/files/omnuum8896/files/styles/hwp_21_9__1920x825/public/aaas/files/marcyliena_morgan_0.jpg?itok=F_SJg-Wd) 

 



 

#  Hip Hop Institute Renamed in Honor of Marcyliena Morgan 

 





October 08, 2025

 

 

Harvard’s Hip Hop Archive & Research Institute has been renamed the [Marcyliena H. Morgan Hip Hop Archive & Research Institute](https://sites.harvard.edu/hiphoparchive/) in honor of AAAS professor and founder Marcyliena Morgan, who died recently at age 75.

Please see the Harvard Gazette's [article ](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/10/she-pioneered-study-of-hip-hop-as-high-art/)for more information about this change and about Marcyliena Morgan's career.



 

 

 



 

 

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