Michael Eric Dyson

The Reverend Michael Eric Dyson
Born	(1958-10-23) October 23, 1958 (age 65) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Spouses	Theresa Taylor ​ ​ (m. 1977; div. 1979)​ [1] Brenda Joyce ​ ​ (m. 1982; div. 1992)​ Marcia Louise ​ (m. 1992)​
Ecclesiastical career
Ordained	c. 1977
Academic background
Alma mater	Carson–Newman College Princeton University
Thesis	Uses of Heroes: Celebration and Criticism in the Interpretation of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. (1993)
Influences	Manning Marable[2]
Academic work
Discipline	Sociology
Institutions	Vanderbilt University
Website	michaelericdyson.com

Michael Eric Dyson (born October 23, 1958) is an American academic, author, ordained minister, and radio host. He is a professor in the College of Arts and Science and in the Divinity School at Vanderbilt University.^[3] Described by Michael A. Fletcher as "a Princeton Ph.D. and a child of the streets who takes pains never to separate the two",^[4] Dyson has authored or edited more than twenty books dealing with subjects such as Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Marvin Gaye, Barack Obama, Nas's debut album Illmatic, Bill Cosby, Tupac Shakur and Hurricane Katrina.