Natalie Hedberg
Natalie R. Hedberg is a Musicology PhD student at UCLA studying K-pop and girlies. Natalie is an interdisciplinary scholar, having earned her BA in Advertising and Graphic Design from Western Kentucky University (2019) and her MA in Communication Studies from the University of Alabama (2024). Beyond K-pop, she researches pop music, music fandoms, and collecting, seeking to illuminate girlie perspectives in music.
David Leaf
Adjunct Associate Professor - Music Industry and Musicology (Music Documentaries, Songwriting, History of Popular Music)...
Luka Douridas
Musicology - Research Focus: audodidactism, temporal difference in music, secular religiosity, and the “new age” aesthetic...
Jenny Olivia Johnson
Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence, Associate Professor - Musicology...
David MacFadyen
Professor - Music Industry, Musicology and Comparative Literature (Career Skills, History of Music Industry, Internships), Director of Graduate Programs...
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...
Mitchell Morris
Professor Emeritus - Musicology...
Jessica Schwartz
Associate Professor - Musicology and Music Industry (Punk and DIY)...
Raymond Knapp
Distinguished Professor of Musicology, Disability Studies, and Humanities, Director of the UCLA Center for Musical Humanities...
Morgan Bates
Musicology - Research Focus: the performance realm of “drag vocality” across musical genres...
Danielle Stein
Musicology – Research Focus: Development of weaponized music and sonic environments over the 20th and 21st centuries...
Elisabeth Le Guin
Emerita...
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...
Thomas Hodgson
Associate Professor - Musicology and Music Industry (Music and Data, Global Music Industry) ...
Joy H. Calico
Professor and Chair of Musicology...
Kerry Brunson
Musicology – Research Focus: American orchestras, musical hierarchies, and the cultural and political aspects of musical communities...
Cesar Favila
Associate Professor - Musicology (On Sabbatical 2025-26)...
Kristen Martinez
Musicology – Research Focus: Subcultures, Media, and Emo Music in Southern California...
Michael Beckerman
Dean...
Xavier Brown
Musicology - Research Focus: queer and trans studies, Jewish studies, and Schoenberg studies...
Kat De Nicola
Assistant to the Chair - Department of Musicology and Global Jazz Studies Program...
Elizabeth Randell Upton
Associate Professor - Musicology and Humanities, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Musicology...
Holley Replogle-Wong
Continuing Lecturer in Musicology, Program Director of Center for Musical Humanities...
Nina Eidsheim
Professor of Musicology, Founder and Director of UCLA PEER Lab, Director of Graduate Studies in Musicology...
Sarah Davachi
Musicology – Research Focus: Influence of musical instruments on the creation and reception of music...
Catherine Provenzano
Assistant Professor - Musicology and Music Industry (Critical and Contemporary Perspectives on Music Technology)...
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...
Tamara Levitz
Professor...
Kristi Brown Montesano
Lecturer in Musicology...
Marylin Winkle
Continuing Lecturer - Musicology, Director of Early Music Ensemble...
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