Marcus J. ’27

Hey! My name is Marcus, and I’m a third year here at Oberlin. I’m from Minneapolis, Minnesota - hometown of Prince, rollerblades, and honeycrisp apples! I love reading (especially Amor Towles, Jandy Nelson, and Erin Morgenstern) and perhaps while away too many hours at the Oberlin Public Library.

I'm particularly interested in recent media studies and postmodernist music; I enjoy using video games and TV shows as cultural touchpoints for larger theoretical concepts. I've taught Experimental College courses on a variety of subjects including the music of video games, analysis of the hit show Arcane, and queer(ing) music history; this spring, I'm teaching a course on the Clone Wars TV show! I also chair 'Round Midnight, Oberlin's all-gender jazz and folk a cappella group and direct the WOBC (radio station) classical music group. Outside of that, I'm a course assistant for music history 101 and major representative for the Gender, Sexuality, & Feminist Studies (GSFS) and Musical Studies departments.

I’m delighted to share some of my stories from Oberlin here - stay tuned for (relatively) inconsistent updates!