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Staff members with discipline Music

Academia develops at the interface of different fields. This is one reason why the University of Groningen is home to a wide range of fields, each with a great number of subject specialists. The overview below, which is based on a standard categorization of fields, will help you find the right expert for each field. If you cannot find the expert you are looking for in this list, try searching via a related field or faculty; you may find him or her there.

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dr. S.L. (Leonieke) Bolderman
Contact
s.l.bolderman rug.nl
+31 50 36 33413
Function
Field / Discipline
Popular music, jazz, Jewish music, American music, songwriting, music Industry, speech prosody
dr. C.N. (Niels) Falch
Contact
c.n.falch rug.nl
Function
Musicologist
Field / Discipline
Musicology
Cultural history
dr. J. van Gessel
Contact
j.van.gessel rug.nl
Function
English linguistics | Hip-hop | African-American English
dr. S.R.K.I. (Steven) Gilbers
Contact
s.r.k.i.gilbers rug.nl
Function
Researcher/lecturer (English linguistics)
Field / Discipline
Popular Music, American Music, Jazz, Audiovisual Arts, Gender and Music
K.A. (Kristin McGee) McGee, Dr
Contact
k.a.mcgee rug.nl
+31 50 36 34829
Function
Associate Professor (UD1)
M.E. (Manuel) Pinto Reyes, MA
Contact
m.e.pinto.reyes rug.nl
Function
Lecturer
Robert Prey is a media scholar who studies the relationship between technology, capitalism and culture. Dr. Prey's research and writings focus on algorithmic recommendation systems and the interdependent processes of ‘datafication’ and ‘platformization’. His current focus is on music streaming platforms and the music, musicians and industry developing around them.  

Dr. Prey completed his PhD in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University (Canada) in 2015. Before this, he worked with Migrant World Television (MWTV) in Seoul, South Korea. 

Areas of Expertise:
Technology and Society
Cultural Industries (esp. the music industries)
Cultural/Creative Labour
Social and Media Theory
Political Economy of (New) Media



R. (Robert) Prey, PhD
Contact
r.prey rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
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Contact
n.l.rasing umcg.nl
Function
Media and popular music studies, cultural studies, cultural analysis, critical theory, popular culture and politics,  populism, nationalism, (inter)mediality, transmedia storytelling
M.M. (Melanie) Schiller, Dr
Contact
m.m.schiller rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Popular Music
Field / Discipline
music studies, sound studies, critical theory, histories of colonization,   posthumanism
M. (Marek) Susdorf
Contact
m.susdorf rug.nl
Function
Lecturer
Field / Discipline
Global Popular Music; Critical Theory and Cultural Studies; Theories of Voice and Vocality; Pastiche, Mimesis, and Representation; Experimental Music; Film Music and Sound; Sound and Mobile Music Studies
C.J. (Chris) Tonelli, Dr
Contact
c.j.tonelli rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor in History and Theory of Popular Music
Field / Discipline
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