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John Covach

Professor of Music and Director of the Institute for Popular Music; Professor of Theory at Eastman School of MusicUniversity of Rochester

John Covach is an expert on the history of popular and rock music, 12-tone music, and the philosophy and aesthetics of music.

Melissa Avdeeff

Assistant ProfessorCoventry University

Popular culture, specialising in pop music; music technology and society; social media and fandom.

David Carter

Assistant Professor of Music (Theory/Composition)Loyola Marymount University

Assistant Professor of Music (Theory/Composition)

Peter Krapp

Professor, Film & Media StudiesUC Irvine

Expertise in: Secret communications & cryptologic history; cultural memory and media history; history of computing & simulations

Priya Rehal

MA in Communication and Culture, Fan Studies ResearcherIndependent

Montreal and Toronto based researcher and educator

Daniel Cornfield

Professor of SociologyVanderbilt University

Expert in the American labor movement, the creative class, and work and occupation issues generally.

Thomas Cimarusti, Ph.D.

Professor of Music HistoryFlorida Gulf Coast University

Dr Patrycja Rozbicka

Senior LecturerAston University

Dr Rozbicka works on interest groups in policy-making and live music industry regulation in the UK.

Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar, Ph.D.

Professor of HistoryUniversity of Connecticut

Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar’s research interests include the 20th century United States, with a focus in African American history.

Vanessa Díaz

Associate Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o StudiesLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts