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Dexter Thomas is from San Bernardino, CA.

As a scholar, Dexter’s most recent academic post was at Princeton University. He holds a PhD in Asian Studies from Cornell University, specializing in underground Japanese hip-hop culture. He is a Fulbright Scholar, and at UC Riverside, his alma mater, he established the world's largest publicly-accessible collection of Japanese hip-hop music and cultural materials. He has also taught a course on the concept of 'cool' in Japanese pop culture at UCLA.

As a journalist, he is a three-time Emmy winner, working as on-camera correspondent for VICE News Tonight, with documentaries appearing on HBO, VICE TV, and Showtime, covering topics from policing and opioids in the US to hip-hop in China and elections in South Africa. He was also host and producer of RESET, a 10-episode TV series covering the dark side of video games.

As a musician and DJ, he has written music appearing on HBO and VICE TV, and has performed in various small venues in Los Angeles, upstate New York, and Tokyo.

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Dexter Thomas is a three-time Emmy winning journalist, with on-camera documentary work appearing on HBO, VICE News, and Showtime, covering topics from drugs and videogames in the US to politics in South Africa. His written work has appeared in the Guardian, WIRED, and Los Angeles Times, where his coverage contributed to a Pulitzer Prize. He holds a PhD in Asian Studies from Cornell University, where he wrote a dissertation on Japanese hip-hop.

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