Staff
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. (Musicology), University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music; M.L.S. (Library Science) Indiana University.
Areas of specialization: Archives & records management, music librarianship, public history, museum studies.
Contact: miawatt @ 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
Past Directors
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.
Faculty Research Associates
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.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.