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Elena Romero on the set of Hip Hop Subway with guests

Elena Romero Wins Two Telly Awards

June 23, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Business & Technology

Elena Romero, assistant chair and assistant professor, Marketing Communications, is a two-time winner of the 46th Annual Telly Awards. Her […]

Elena Romero stands in front of a conference table at PopCon 2025; Emil Wilbekin stands with participants in a panel discussion onstage at PopCon 2025

Romero and Wilbekin Present at the 2025 PopCon Conference

April 28, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Business & Technology

Assistant Professors Elena Romero and Emil Wilbekin, both Marketing Communications, both presented at the 2025 PopCon Conference held at Thornton […]

Elena Romero among the panelists; she is third from the left.

Elena Romero Presents at Howard University’s Hip Hop Studies Conference

November 22, 2024 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Business & Technology

Elena Romero, assistant chair and assistant professor, Marketing Communications, was among the scholars, artists, and enthusiasts from around the globe […]

In Vogue: The 90s: Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion

October 15, 2024 Laura Hatmaker

The Jay and Patty Baker School of Business and Technology and the Marketing Communications Department present a screening of the […]

Beat Street 40th Anniversary Film Screening and Justice Film Festival Opening Night

February 13, 2024 Laura Hatmaker

Celebrating the influence and legacy of the 1984 classic directed by Harry Belafonte and David V. Picker, Beat Street […]

Elena Romero Goes Down in Hip-Hop History

February 12, 2024 Irina Ivanova College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Business & Technology

Elena Romero, assistant chair of Marketing Communications, was recently featured in Nadirah Simmons’ First Things First: Hip-Hop Ladies Who Changed […]

Truck Jewelry Discussion With Raekwon

October 18, 2023 Laura Hatmaker

As part of NYC Jewelry Week, multiplatinum artist and founding member of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan Raekwon “The Chef ” […]

Hip Hop Style: Then and Now

April 13, 2023 Laura Hatmaker

The Social Justice Center at FIT hosts a panel discussion about hip hop style over its 50 years, with experts […]

‘Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous’ Opens at The Museum at FIT

February 13, 2023 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Events, Featured, Museum

On Tuesday, February 7, The Museum at FIT (MFIT) held the opening reception for Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years […]

Students Create Hip Hop Block Party in A&D Gallery

February 6, 2023 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Diversity, Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design, Students

Step into hip hop. Literally. In their first three-dimensional exhibition, students from Interior Design, Illustration, Graphic Design, and Spatial Experience […]