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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)

Professor Sue Miller

ProfessorLeeds Beckett University

Sue Miller specialises in Cuban/Latin music, improvisation, music analysis and music history.

Kinitra Brooks

Associate ProfessorMichigan State University

Dr. Brooks specializes in the study of black women, genre fiction, and popular culture.

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.

Ken Prouty

Associate Professor of Musicology and Jazz StudiesMichigan State University

Expert in jazz history, American music and popular music, and the nature of jazz community

Thomas Cimarusti, Ph.D.

Professor of Music HistoryFlorida Gulf Coast University