B.A. (music education) Bethune-Cookman University (BCU); M.A. (jazz studies) Indiana University; Ph.D. (ethnomusicology) Indiana University.
Areas of specialization: African-American popular music and gospel music, religious belief and identity, live recording productions, performance practice.
Contact: tycooper @ indiana.edu
B.M. (flute, music education), Western Washington University; MLS (music specialization), Indiana University; MA, coursework (folklore/ethnomusicology), Indiana University.
Areas of specialization: performing arts archives and recorded sound collections.
Contact: bnelsons @ indiana.edu
B.S. (Aerospace Engineering), The University of Texas at Austin; M.S. (Information Studies), The University of Texas at Austin.
Areas of specialization: Audiovisual collections, digital archiving and preservation, information organzation.
Contact: wvandend @ indiana.edu
B.M. (music education), North Texas State University; M.M. (ethnomusicology) University of Wisconsin; Ph.D. (Ethnomusicology), Indiana University.
Areas of specialization: African-American religious music, music of the African diaspora, black music aesthetics and performance.
B.M. (piano, composition/theory), Mount St. Scholastic College; M.M. (musicology), University of Wisconsin; Ph.D. (ethonomusicology), University of Wisconsin.
Areas of specialization: African-American popular music, music industry, Black music aesthetics and performance.
B.A. (history) Tougaloo College; M.A. (history) Iowa State University; Ph.D. (history) Iowa State University.
Areas of specialization: African American agricultural and rural history and the role of religion in the life of African Americans.
B.M. Oberlin Conservatory; M.Div. Yale Divinity School; Certificate, Yale Institute of Sacred Music; Ph.D. (Ethnomusicology) University of Chicago.
Areas of specialization: Music and religion in the African diaspora, men's studies, gender and sexuality, identity, music industry, popular music, and voice studies.
B.A. (English literature), University of Cincinnati, M.A. (folklore) Indiana University, Ph.D. (folklore), Indiana University.
Areas of specialization: Hip hop music and culture, popular culture, pedagogy, United States.
B.S. (music education), Florida A&M University; M.M.E. (music education), Indiana University; D.M.E. (music education/ethnomusicology), Indiana University.
Areas of specialization: African-American popular music, arranging, performance, and analysis.