John Covach
Professor of Music and Director of the Institute for Popular Music; Professor of Theory at Eastman School of Music · University 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.
Rock 'n' Roll Music and Culture Progressive Rock in the 1970s The Beatles Popular Music
Mark Katz, Ph.D.
Ruel W. Tyson Jr. Distinguished Professor of Humanities and Director, Institute for the Arts and Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences · UNC at Chapel Hill
Professor Katz teaches courses on music and technology, popular music and modern art music
Musicology Music Theory Music Education Academic Writing Chamber Music
Melissa Avdeeff
Assistant Professor · Coventry University
Popular culture, specialising in pop music; music technology and society; social media and fandom.
Artifical Intelligence and music Popular Music Popular Culture Music Technology and Society Fandom
Luis Alvarez
Associate Professor, Department of History · UC San Diego
Institute of Arts and Humanities director, Luis Alvarez focuses on race, ethnicity and Latinx and African-American social movements.
Humanities in Higher Education Oral Histories Popular Culture Chicano/Chicana Studies Race Relations
Thomas F. Babor, Ph.D.
Professor of Community Medicine and Public Health · University of Connecticut
Expertise includes research on public health policies related to alcohol, drug abuse and gambling
Research Ethics Alcohol Marketing Public Health Alcohol Policy Drug Control Policy
Peter Krapp
Professor, Film & Media Studies · UC Irvine
Expertise in: Secret communications & cryptologic history; cultural memory and media history; history of computing & simulations
Media History Cultural Memory Aesthetic Communication Cryptologic History Secret Communications
Priya Rehal
MA in Communication and Culture, Fan Studies Researcher · Independent
Montreal and Toronto based researcher and educator
Race Race Culture and Ethnicity Race Gender and Class in Organization Processes Race Gender and Sexuality Sexual and Gender Identity
Daniel Cornfield
Professor of Sociology · Vanderbilt University
Expert in the American labor movement, the creative class, and work and occupation issues generally.
labor & employment Creative Class Unionization Labor Unions Musicians
Sara Johnson
Associate Professor of Literature · UC San Diego
Sara Johnson focuses on literature, theory and history of the Hispanophone, Francophone and Anglophone Caribbean and its diasporas.
Diaspora Hemispheric Studies Caribbean Literature Francophone Literature African Diaspora
David Carter
Assistant Professor of Music (Theory/Composition) · Loyola Marymount University
Assistant Professor of Music (Theory/Composition)
Popular Music Analysis Music Composition
Dr Patrycja Rozbicka
Senior Lecturer · Aston University
Dr Rozbicka's works on interest groups in policy-making and live music industry regulation in the UK.
IR Aesthetics Regulation of Live Music Interest Groups Live Music Industry Brexit
David Neale
President · Neale and Associates
Highly regarded personality in the content, wireless and telecommunications industry whose knowledge comes with no strings attached!
Digital Media Mobile Technology Software for Mobile Devices Wireless Technology Iptv
Charles Leech
Partner & Executive Vice President (Qualitative) · ABM Research Ltd.
Consumer Insights Philosopher-Guru slash Real World Semiotic Multidisciplinarian
Brands Branding Culture and Semiotics
Susan Mackey-Kallis, PhD
Associate Professor of Communication | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University
Susan Mackey-Kallis, PhD, is an expert in film analysis and commentary, particularly in regard to pop culture.
Communication Political Rhetoric Gender, Media and Pop Culture American Film
Matt Sakakeeny
Associate Professor of Music, Ethnomusicology · Tulane University
Matt Sakakeeny studies the intersections of music, race and power.
Music Musicology Music Anthropology Ethnomusicology Brass Bands
Krystyn Moon
Professor · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Moon is an expert in U.S. immigration history, popular culture, race and ethnic studies, foodways, gender and sexuality, & consumerism.
Consumerism Foodways Popular Culture U.S. Immigration History Race and Ethnic Studies