Department of
Ethnomusicology
Faculty
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Supeena Adler
Adjunct Associate Professor - Ethnomusicology, World Music Instrument Curator and Conservator, Director of Music of Thailand Ensemble...
Francis Kofi Akotuah
Lecturer - Ethnomusicology, Director of Music and Dance of Ghana Ensemble...
Münir Beken
Associate Professor - Ethnomusicology (World Music Theory and Composition), Director of Music of Turkey Ensemble...
Melissa Bilal
Promise Professor in Armenian Music, Arts, and Culture and Director of Armenian Music Program...
Marc T. Gaspard Bolin
Continuing Lecturer - Ethnomusicology (History of Jazz)...
David Bragger
Lecturer - Ethnomusicology, Director of Old-Time String Band Ensemble...
Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy
Adjunct Professor - Ethnomusicology (Folk and Classical Music of South Asia; Bollywood)...
Jesús Guzmán
Continuing Lecturer - Ethnomusicology, Director of Music of Mexico Ensemble...
Pejman Hadadi
Lecturer - Ethnomusicology, Co-Director of Music of Persia Ensemble...
Paul Humphreys
Lecturer...
Gamin Kang
Lecturer - Ethnomusicology, Director of Music of Korea Ensemble...
Abhiman Kaushal
Adjunct Professor - Ethnomusicology, Co-Director of Music of India Ensemble...
Cheryl L. Keyes
Professor - Global Jazz Studies and Ethnomusicology (Contemporary Jazz, Hip Hop)...
Mark Kligman
Mickey Katz Professor of Jewish Music and Professor - Musicology, Ethnomusicology, and Humanities, Director of Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience...
Steven Loza
Professor - Global Jazz Studies, Ethnomusicology, Director of the UCLA Center for Latino Arts...
Janice Mautner Markham
Lecturer - Ethnomusicology, Director of Klezmer Music Ensemble...
Anna Morcom
Mohindar Brar Sambhi Professor of Indian Music, Professor - Ethnomusicology...
Soheil Nadimi
Lecturer - Ethnomusicology, Co-Director of Music of Persia Ensemble...
Rahul Neuman
Continuing Lecturer - Ethnomusicology, Co-Director of Music of India Ensemble...
Helen Rees
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Professor and Chair of Ethnomusicology, Director of World Music Center (Music of China, Intangible Cultural Heritage in East Asia)...
Robert F. Reigle
Lecturer - Ethnomusicology (Musical Cultures of the World: Europe and the Americas)...
Maureen Russell
Adjunct Professor - Ethnomusicology (Audiovisual Archiving), Archivist of the Ethnomusicology Archive...
Roger Savage
Professor - Ethnomusicology (Systematic Ethnomusicology)...
Miles Shrewsbery
Lecturer - Ethnomusicology, Music of India Ensemble...
Joko Sutrisno
Lecturer - Ethnomusicology, Director of Music of Java Ensemble...
Timothy D. Taylor
Professor - Ethnomusicology (Popular Musics, World Music, Cultural Theory)...
Tsering Wangmo Satho
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I Nyoman Wenten
Adjunct Associate Professor - Ethnomusicology, Director of Music of Bali Ensemble...
Diane White-Clayton
Continuing Lecturer - Ethnomusicology, Director of African American Music Ensemble...
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Cheryl Keyes on the Blockbuster "Sinners"
Professor Cheryl Keyes talks about the importance of the Delta blues in the horror film, which has been nominated for 16 Oscars...
African American Music Ensemble to Play at Olivet Lutheran Church
The program will include a tribute to the late Richard Smallwood, the renowned gospel composer, vocalist, and pianist, who passed away on Dec. 30, 2025, with performances of several of...
Four Faculty Receive Chancellor's Arts Initiative Grants
The Chancellor’s Council on the Arts, in partnership with the Office of Research and Creative Activities, has announced fourteen faculty-led projects that will receive seed funding this year. Four of...