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 organizes and leads conferences, gatherings, and workshops on generative AI for teaching and learning, leadership in higher education, and time and project management. She educates students at the intersection of design, art, and technology. She also curates music symposia as polished solid, including the upcoming Prince #EroticCity40 Symposium (2024) and Prince #Come30 Virtual Symposium (2024); writes about music most recently in Prince’s Diamonds and Pearls Super Deluxe Edition(2023); presents about music, design, and technology, internationally, at numerous conferences and events including the upcoming 2024 Pop Conference and the Prince on Screen Conference at the University of Minnesota (2024), speaks about music, most recently at Prince’s Paisley Park (2023), and on radio and podcasts; appears in documentaries such as [Prince: The Final Secret](Prince: The Final Secret) (2023); 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.