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
Douglas Shadle
Associate Professor of Musicology · Vanderbilt University
Expert in historically marginalized composers and the role of symphony orchestras and orchestral music in American life.
Composers Classical Music Musicology Orchestral Music
Ken Prouty
Associate Professor of Musicology and Jazz Studies · Michigan State University
Expert in jazz history, American music and popular music, and the nature of jazz community
Ethnomusicology Contemporary Music American Music Jazz Popular Music
Germán Gutiérrez
Professor of Orchestral Studies · Texas Christian University
Germán Augusto Gutiérrez serves as director of TCU’s Latin American Music Center and biennial Latin American Music Festival since 1996.
Music Education to Prevent Kids from Joining Gangs in Columbia Latin American Music Symphony Orchestras
Colleen Rua
Assistant Professor · University of Florida
Colleen Rua's research interests include Latinx theatre, contemporary Puerto Rican theatre, the American musical, and theatre for youth.
Theatre for Youth US Latinx Theatre The Arts as Recovery and Response to Natural and Unnatural Disaster Theatre Contemporary Puerto Rican Theatre
Professor Sue Miller
Professor · Leeds Beckett University
Sue Miller specialises in Cuban/Latin music, improvisation, music analysis and music history.
African American Music Artistic Practice Gesture and Dance Relationships Improvisation Studies Latin Music in the USA
Gary Richards
Professor of English · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Richards' research focuses on Southern literature.
Southern Literature and Culture American Fiction Contemporary Drama English Harper Lee
Simon Tam
Author | Musician | Activist · The Slants Foundation
13-time TEDx speaker & performer, and storyteller who focuses on anti-Asian racism. Founder/bassist of The Slants and The Slants Foundation.
Racism in American Music Anti-Asian Racism Marketing Strategy Transparency Civil Rights
Robert Darden, M.A.
Professor, Journalism, Public Relations and New Media · Baylor University
Darden is a professor in the department of journalism, PR & new media. He directs Baylor's Black Gospel Music Restoration Project.
African-American Gospel Music Civil Rights Movement Music on B Sides of Gospel Recordings African American Museum in D.C. Black Gospel Music Restoration Project Journalism
Emily Bianchi
Associate Professor of Organization & Management · Emory University, Goizueta Business School
Economic Conditions and Early Adulthood Job Attitudes Moral Behavior Economic Conditions and Psychology Organizational Behavior
Cecilia González-Andrieu
Professor of Theological Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Women in the Church Immigrant Rights Christian Theology Political Theology Theological Aesthetics
Michael Golden, DMA
Professor of Music Composition and Theory, and Director, Creative Arts Program · Soka University
Michael Golden’s teaching and creative interests include composition and jazz improvisation, music and ecology, and music and peacebuilding
Music and Ecology World Music Composition (including computer music) Music Theory Jazz and Improvisation
Divine Gbagbo
Assistant Professor of Music (Ethnomusicology) · Loyola Marymount University
Assistant Professor of Music (Ethnomusicology)