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 virtual celebration and the upcoming Prince #EroticCity40 Symposium (2024), celebrating 40 years of Prince’s Purple Rain, The Time’s Ice Cream Castle, Sheila E.’s The Glamorous Life, and Apollonia 6’s eponymous debut and Prince #Come30 Virtual Symposium (2024), celebrating 30 years of Prince’s Come; presents about music, design, and technology, internationally, at numerous conferences and events including All 7 Years: The Past, Present, and Future of Prince Studies at the University of Minnesota (2023), Black Portraiture[s] VII (2022), Pop Conference 2021, Prince 78-88: An Interdisciplinary Conference (2021) and 2nd Dayton Funk Symposium (2021), writes about music most recently in Prince’s Diamonds and Pearls (Super Deluxe Edition) (2023), AMP: American Music Perspectives (2022), Interactions: Studies in Communication & Culture (2022), and the edited book volume Prince and Popular Music: Critical Perspectives on an Interdisciplinary Life (2020); speaks about music, most recently at Prince’s Paisley Park (2023), on WNYC, Minnesota Public Radio radio, and BBC Manchester radio shows; appears in documentaries such as Prince: The Final Secret; and produces and co-hosts What Did Prince Do This Week? #WDPDTW, a weekly online book club series. You can view her past and present work at polishedsolid.com or subscribe to her newsletter at polishedsolid.substack.com.