Jessica Schwartz
Associate Professor of Musicology, Music Industry (Punk and DIY); Music Industry, Musicology

Jessica A. Schwartz approaches research on musical representations and sonic histories of militarization and imperial violence through community-focused collaborations, movements, and creative dissent. Schwartz is the author of Radiation Sounds: Marshallese Music and Nuclear Silences (Duke University Press, 2021) and articles in American Quarterly, Music & Politics, Women & Musicthe Journal of American Music, Punk & Post-Punk, the Journal of Transnational American Studies, Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice StudiesAmerasia, Shima, Riffs: Experimental Writing on Popular Music, among others, which showcase her work on American studies, Pacific studies, environmental anthropology, and Indigenous studies. As a disability scholar, Schwartz interrogates institutional, intersectional ableism and workshops radical accessibility in and beyond the classroom in courses such as “DIY: Punk Organizing as Social Justice” and “Unsettling Pedagogies: Music & Education.” Schwartz’s hosts the Punkast Series (podcast), is the cofounder/Academic Advisor of the Marshallese Educational Initiative, an Arkansas-based non-profit, and plays in noise/punk bands.

Jessica Schwartz: Professor of Punk
On a sunny Tuesday morning, students shuffling into the Jan Popper Theater were handed a five-question quiz. One of the questions asked students to listen to a short clip of a
Natasha Pasternak
Lecturer in Music Industry (Songwriting, Touring, Songwriter’s Workshop)
Kathryn Frazier
Lecturer in Music Industry
Thomas Hodgson
Assistant Professor of Musicology, Music Industry (Music and Data, Global Music Industry)
Robert Beamer
Lecturer in Music Industry (Finance and Accounting)
Bobby Borg
Lecturer in Music Industry (Industry Fundamentals)
Lauren Kop
Lecturer in Music Industry (Digital Production and Beat Design)
Catherine Gregory
Lecturer in Music, Music Industry (Artistic Citizenship and Community Engagement), Director of the Gluck Fellowship Program
Jason Feinberg
Lecturer in Music Industry (Digital Marketing and Promotion)
Tony Brancato
Guest Lecturer in Music Industry (Influence and Data Mining)
Lauren A. Spalding
Lecturer in Music Industry (Music and Activism, Artist Management)
Mark Tramo
Adjunct Associate Professor of Neuroscience (Music, Mind, and Brain)
Adam Moseley
Lecturer in Music Industry (Studio Production)
Allison Wolfe
Lecturer in Music Industry (Music Journalism, Audio Storytelling)
Don Franzen
Adjunct Professor of Music (Music and Law, Forensic Musicology)
Judith Finell
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Dae Bogan
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David MacFadyen
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Robert Fink
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Monica Chieffo
Lecturer in Music Industry (Influence and Data Mining)
Catherine Provenzano
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Amy Kathryn Kuney
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Hans Fjellestad
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David Leaf
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Jonathan Beard
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Lee John
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Tiffany Naiman
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Jeffery Jampol
Lecturer in Music Industry (Artist Management and Promotion)
Stig Edgren
Lecturer in Music Industry (Concerts and Live Events)

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