Dr. Brian Peterson is the Director of Makuu, the University of Pennsylvania’s Black Cultural Center, and a lecturer at Penn. Over his twenty years in higher education he has built student success programs covering the spectrum of access and completion. Dr. Peterson is a three-time graduate of the University of Pennsylvania – first from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and later earning his masters and doctorate from the Graduate School of Education. Presently he teaches or co-teaches two courses including The History of Women and Men of African Descent at the University of Pennsylvania. He also serves as a pre-major advisor. He is the proud father of five children (Nia, Jalen, Nicholas, Myles, and Quincy), four books (including Higher Learning: Maximizing Your College Experience), and one academic and cultural enrichment program, Asé Academy.
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Featured Music:
Dotmatic – Dust + Dignity Theme
The Roots – Clones (Instrumental)
Sade – By Your Side (Cottonbelly Instrumental edit)
Columbia Nights – Circle
Moses Sumney – Lonely World
Amel Larrieux – Get Up (Instrumental)
Bougie Soliterre – Got the Bug
The Notorious B.I.G. – Juicy
Sade – Cherish the Day (Instrumental)
Public Enemy – Public Enemy No. 1 (Instrumental)
Noname – Song 33
Brianna Cash, Tory Lanez – Numb (Instrumental)
H.E.R. – I Can’t Breathe
Rōnin Arkestra – Circle of Transmigration
Dali – The Sound (Aeon Remix Instrumental)
Common – Thelonius (Instrumental)
Solange – Cranes in the Sky (Instrumental)
The Roots – Act Two, Love of My Life (Instrumental)
lil’ dave – I Would Die For You (Instrumental)
D’Angelo – The Charade
Billie Holiday – Strange Fruit (Instrumental)
Free Nationals – Obituaries (Instrumental)
Butcher Brown – Tidal Wave
Anderson .Paak – Come Home (Instrumental)
Dotmatic – Royals
Ivy Sole – Master Plan