James Ace
Academic Administrator
James Ace received his Ph.D. in Musicology from UCLA in 2024. His scholarship explores representations of race, gender, and sexuality in nineteenth-century American music and mass entertainment, focusing on histories of sexual minorities. As a researcher of communities who are under-represented in traditional archives, James is invested in developing listening- and practice-based methods of studying the past and writing history. James is Associate Director of the UCLA Practice-based Experimental Epistemology Research (PEER) Lab, and leads courses in Musicology and Music History at several universities in the greater Los Angeles area. An ACA Certified Archivist, James has also been processing and managing the music archive at Sinai Temple in Westwood since 2019.
Jenny Olivia Johnson
Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence, Associate Professor - Musicology
Elisabeth Le Guin
Emerita
Elizabeth Randell Upton
Associate Professor - Musicology and Humanities, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Musicology
Tamara Levitz
Professor
Jessica Schwartz
Associate Professor - Musicology and Music Industry (Punk and DIY)
Marylin Winkle
Continuing Lecturer - Musicology, Director of Early Music Ensemble
Holley Replogle-Wong
Continuing Lecturer in Musicology, Program Director of Center for Musical Humanities
Cesar Favila
Associate Professor - Musicology (On Sabbatical 2025-26)
Tiffany Naiman
Academic Administrator and Instructor - Music Industry (Critical Perspectives, Capstone Sequence, History of Popular Music), Director of Undergraduate Programs in Music Industry, Career Services
Nina Eidsheim
Professor of Musicology, Founder and Director of UCLA PEER Lab, Director of Graduate Studies in Musicology
Thomas Hodgson
Associate Professor - Musicology and Music Industry (Music and Data, Global Music Industry)
Joy H. Calico
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David Leaf
Adjunct Associate Professor - Music Industry and Musicology (Music Documentaries, Songwriting, History of Popular Music)
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
Kristi Brown Montesano
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Mitchell Morris
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Kat De Nicola
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David MacFadyen
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Raymond Knapp
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Catherine Provenzano
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Robert Fink
Professor and Chair – Music Industry, Professor - Musicology And Humanities (History and Analysis of Popular Music, Internships And Industry Partnerships), Director Of The Berry Gordy Music Industry Center
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