Ph.D. Dissertations in Progress

Dennis Davis
Humor, Structure, and Methodology in Selected Works by Peter Schickele
(research director: Ron Pen)
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Angela D. Hammond
Color Me Country: Whiteness and Country Music
(research director: Ron Pen)
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Kevin Kehrberg
“I’ll Fly Away”: The Music and Career of Albert E. Brumley and the Cultural Impact of His Most Famous Composition
(research director: Ron Pen)
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Ann Glazer Niren
The Influence of Solomon Braslavsky and Congregation Mishkan Tefila on Leonard Bernstein
(research director: Ron Pen)
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Jennifer Matthews
Randy Newman's Popular Songs (1968-2008)
(research director: Ron Pen)
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Nikos Pappas
Patterns in the Sacred Musical Culture of the American South and West (1760-1860)
(research director: Ron Pen)
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Marshal Gaioso Pinto
Sacred Music in Goiás (1737-1936) and Balthasar de Freitas’s Collection
(research director: Jonathan Glixon)
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Laura Pita
The Contribution of Teresa Carreño’s Performances and Compositions
to American Concert Life
(research director: Jonathan Glixon)
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Michael A. Rintamaa
The English Church Music of Edmund Hooper (c.1553-1621)
(research director: Jonathan Glixon)
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Eric S. Strother
Untangling the Paradox of Christian Heavy Metal
(research director: Ron Pen)
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