Department of
Ethnomusicology
Faculty
Our Faculty
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
Faculty & Students in the News
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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
Music Alive in the Archive
Hua Wenyi (1941–2022) was one of the most influential Kunqu opera performers of her generation. On February 9, the Ethnomusicology Archive hosted a conference celebrating her music, dance and legacy.