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Marques Harper is a deputy features editor at the Los Angeles Times. He previously covered fashion for the Austin American-Statesman and media and culture for the Roanoke Times. A native of New Jersey, he has a bachelor’s degree in English from Rutgers University and a master’s in digital media management from USC.