De Angela L. Duff is an Associate Vice Provost at New York University and Industry Professor in Integrated Design & Media (IDM) at NYU Tandon. She also curates music symposia as polished solid, including this symposium and the upcoming Prince #TripleThreat40 Hybrid Symposium (2022), speaks about music, design, and technology at numerous conferences internationally including Black Portraiture[s] VII,  Pop Conference 2021, Prince 78-88: An Interdisciplinary Conference (2021), and the 2nd Dayton Funk Symposium (2021), writes about music most recently in the edited volume Prince and Popular Music: Critical Perspectives on an Interdisciplinary Life (2020, Bloomsbury), has spoken on WNYC, BBC Manchester, and Minnesota Public Radio, and produces, co-hosts, and edits the Prince & Prince-related podcasts on Grown Folks Music’s podcast network.