in English with a minor in African, African-American, and Caribbean Studies from the William Paterson College in 1992 where she graduated Cum Laude.
[2] For her Masters of Art, she graduated with honors in English with a concentration in Creative Writing and Composition Studies from Northeastern University in 1994.
[2] Her current research and teaching interests are feminist theory, African-American rhetoric, women's studies, and hip-hop culture.
In her 2015 book Check it While I Wreck It: Black Womanhood, Hip Hop Culture, and the Public Sphere, Pough compares Queen Latifah's song "U.N.I.T.Y."
Pough shared her concerns about the 2017 Women's March on Washington, an event planned to protest Donald Trump.